Indicators of the general resistance of breeding bulls depending on age, origin and breed

Abstract

Humoral factors such as bactericidal and lysozyme activity are the most significant for the body's resistance. The purpose of the research was to study the nonspecific resistance of sires depending on age, place of adaptation before entering the Russian Federation, origin and breed. The work was carried out at JSC “Head Reproduction Center” (JSC “GCV”) on animals aged from 2 to 9 years in the amount of 34 heads. Such indicators as the percentage of lysis, the amount of lysozyme (mcg) in 1 ml of blood serum, specific units of activity (u.a.) calculated per 1 mg of protein and the bactericidal activity of blood serum as a percentage were studied. Lysozyme (LASK) and bactericidal activity (BASK) were studied using a Multiskan FC microbiological analyzer (Finland). Thus, it has been established that the general resistance of sires depends on age and has significant differences between animals of different age groups. At the age of 2-3 years there is no reliability. Significant differences between bulls according to the parameters we studied begin from 5 years of age at P <0.05 in the concentration of total protein and lysozyme and specific units. A. squirrel. Age range had no effect on BAS. More noticeable significant differences were recorded in animals (of contrasting age periods) in terms of general resistance and had significant differences at the level of P≤0.01 in the percentage of lysis, in the amount of lysozyme in the blood serum (P≤0.001), and specific units of activity (P≤0.001). It was found that sires coming from different regions of Europe (the Netherlands and Germany + Luxembourg) in the same age range do not have significant differences among themselves in the overall resistance of the parameters we studied (BASK and LASK) under the conditions of their operation in the Moscow region RF.