Technology for detecting highly productive animals based on elemental status assessment

Abstract

Abstract The studies were conducted on bull-calves of the Kalmyk breed (n = 100), age 12 months, live weight 326.4 ± 6.4 kg. In the course of the research, we performed a sampling of animal biosubstrates. The article studies a single nucleotide polymorphism of the growth hormone gene (rs135322669). The elemental composition of biosubstrates was determined by 25 indicators, by atomic emission and mass spectrometry (AES-ICP and MS-ICP). It was found that the frequency of occurrence of CC alleles in the sample was 62.0 %, CG – 26.0 and GG – 12.0 %, χ2Эмп=39.924,2 test – 5.99. Evaluation of the elemental status of calf bull revealed significant differences depending on the polymorphism in the bovine growth hormone gene. In bulls with the CC genotype, the exchange pool Ca, K, Na, Co, Cr, Cu, J, Se, B, Si, Li, V was significantly higher compared to the CG genotype; and Ca, K, Na, J, Se, B, Li in comparison with the GG genotype. CC genotypes to GG were characterized by the accumulation of toxic elements: Al, Pb, Hg, Cd. Consequently, under the same ecological conditions of breeding in calf bull with the CC genotype, the detoxification mechanisms are higher, which is reflected in the reduced concentration of toxic elements in the wool. A technology for identifying highly productive animals is proposed based on the selection of bulls by the level of toxic elements in wool, calculated on the basis of the sum of moles: Al, Cd, Hg, Pb, Sn, Sr at 8 months of age, which allows increasing productivity by 9.4-15.6%. It was concluded that there is a need to continue the research with the obligatory safety assessment of the toxic elements of the resulting meat products.