Country
Specie
ISO3
UKR
Description
Named after the region where this breed was created. This breed have being created over 20 years (1974-1994). The second beef cattle breed, which was created in Ukraine.
Other name
Volynska myasna
Breed classification (geographic)
Local
Additional information
Breed includes 6 lines and 24 families. Animals steadily transfer to progeny biological, exterior-constitutional features and productive traits (high energy growth, slaughter traits and meat quality)
Additional information comments
Intensive use of pastures contributes to high outcome of calves - 81.0 %.
Adaptability to specific environment
Adapt to climatic zones of the Western region.
Specific resistance or tolerance
Cattle resistant to infectious diseases (leukemia, brucellosis and tuberculosis).
Specific reproductive characteristic
The cows have good motherly properties.The high reproductive abiliity and ease calvings. Calving runs usually easy, without complications, practically there are no difficult ones.
Special characteristic of product
Excellent meat quality.
Other special qualities
Excellent meat quality. Young bulls of Volynian Beef breed are characterized by a unique ability to gain lean beef with high ratio of protein and fat in the flesh of carcasses 1,9:1 even when they reach the final live weight 590-600 kg at 18 months.
Reference for special qualities
The program of selection of Volynian Beef cattle breed for the period 2003-2012/ Yanko T.S., Zubets M.V., Burkat V.P., Vdovychenko Yu. V., Podoba B.Ye. et al. - K.: Agrarna nauka, 2003. - 79 p.
Efabis environmental role
Enclosure-pasturing grazing system used for keeping of animals of this breed on pasture enhances pasture productivity by 25-30%, prolongates the use of herbage. Animals use crop residues and crops of
Efabis adaptability to marginal land
green belt
Body conformation
136
Coat description
They tolerate cold, heat. They are characterized by efficient use of pasture, coarse and succulent feeds.
Efabis skin colour
Red colour from light to dark red with white marks on the head.
Number of horns males
0
Horn shape size and comments
0
Wither height males
0
Wither height females
Polled
Weight males
138.00
Weight females
128.00
Other specific visible traits
1000
Herdbook
525
Herdbook established
Animals have strong constitution. They have proportional body composition, wide and rounded, slightly elongated body, well developed muscles. Chest is wide and deep. Back is straight, wide, well-developed muscularity.
Domestication status
y
Taxonomic classification
2005
Description of origin
domestic
Year of origin
0
Import
Native breed, created in Volyn at the Near Carpathian and Polissian conditions by means of reproductive crossbreeding of local Black-and-White and Red Polish breeds (maternal basis) with bulls of Aberdeen - Angus, Hereford, Limousine breeds.
Location within country
1994
Local Risk
Vinnytsia, Volyn, Kyiv, Lviv, Rivne regions of Ukraine (39 farms, including 14 breeding).
Detailed local risk status
Not Sufficient
Regional Transboundary Risk (detailed)
At Risk
International Transboundary Risk detailed
Endangered
