The article describes the features of the production of raw meat in the natural pastures of the Lower Volga region, exposed to high aridization. A cardinal solution to the problems of the development of animal husbandry in this area can be the selection and breeding of animal breeds that are resistant to sudden climatic changes and poor pasture grass. In this regard, attention is drawn to the unique edilbaev breed of sheep, the breeding of which in the arid territories of Russia is becoming increasingly common. The assessment of growth and development of sheep of this breed is carried out, adaptation and immunobiological features of their organism are studied, quality of meat raw materials is defined.

The article deals with the issues of increasing and improving the quality of products in the industry through the use of purebred breeding and crossing. The efficiency of interline selection and inter-plant mating, crossing of different breeds of sheep is shown. Attention is paid to selection, level of feeding, veterinary service of animals. By optimizing the feeding level of animals, selective breeding and the introduction of the recommended by scientists variants of crossings can increase the production and improve the quality of production of sheep breeding.

The article provides an overview of the results of genotyping sheep of different breeds on DNA markers of candidate genes of meat productivity and their associations with fattening and meat qualities. Identification of preferred from the point of view of selection options of such genes will significantly accelerate the process of improving existing breeds and creating new ones.

The data on the dynamics of live weight, meat and wool productivity of young sheep obtained from the same age and different age selection of parental pairs are given on the example of sheep of the North Caucasian meat-wool breed.

The article deals with the productive and biological indicators of animals of different species and breeds in connection with the level ofpigmentation of the skin and wool, which may be of interest for the forecast ofproductivity at an early age.

The results of rearing, fattening and slaughter of lambs obtainedfrom crossing the females of the breed precos with sheep of the edilbaev and Romanov breeds in the conditions of the Central black earth region are presented.

Discusses issues on making amendments in the existing standard 31777-2012 “Sheep and goats for slaughter. Lamb, lamb and goat in carcasses.” It is proposed to use a differentiated approach depending on the age of the animals, the peculiarities of irrigation offat on the carcass and fat deposition on internal organs, as well as evaluation of nutritional status of goats. This assessment will encourage producers to obtain conditioned animals for delivery to meat processing plants.

Information about the breed of goats of Spanish origin Mursiana-granadina, which is of interest for the production of goat’s milk, the composition of which is most suitable for the production of a variety of dairy products and, primarily, for cheese. Given the characteristics of some economically useful traits of animals and the composition of milk obtained from them.

The domestication of alpacas occurred more than 6,000 years ago, tamed them by the Indians of Peru. In the past, alpacas were called “Inca gold”, they provided people with all the necessary resources for living. People dressed in clothes of wool and Alpaca skins, ate Alpaca meat, used the Alpaca manure as fuel for heating homes and cooking.

The article presents data on acclimatization, features of adaptation, maintenance, feeding and exterior of the European mouflon in hunting farms of the Central European part of Russia

Shown feed efficiency and meat productivity of purebred and chetvertichnyh on edilbay Romanov rams. Control slaughter and boning of carcasses ofsheep showed that they were preferable in animals with the blood of edilbay. Their pre-slaughter weight was 8.2 kg or 15.7 %, the mass of steamed carcass was 5.42 kg or 21.5 %, the slaughter yield was 3.12 abs. the mass of flesh-meat was 3.51 kg or 23.7 % higher compared to purebred Romanov peers.

The current state of the Romanov sheep breed is considered. The characteristic of sheep in the leading herds of the Yaroslavl region is given. Indicators of productivity of Queens of Romanov breed taking into account their belonging to genealogical groups are analyzed.

Set out a comparative assessment of the productivity of the offspring derived from the Tuva sheep-krajinskih fat of the desired type and ewes crossbred fat and Tuvan coarse.

The article considers the influence of the level offeeding of pregnant Queens on the growth rate and meat productivity of their offspring in the post-embryonic period.

It is shown that the introduction in the diet of the ewes of the West Siberian meat breed of the probiotic Vetom 4.24 10 days prior to insemination and for the 10 days prior to agneya contributed to improving the fertilizing ability of ewes by 10 %, fertility and milk yield by 12% and 4.3%, increase in the number of lambs 16.7 %.

The article presents data on the nitrogen metabolism in the body, rams of the Romanov breed at introduction in a diet ofmineral supplements Glauconite and probiotic supplements Biohemical.

The influence of copper level in the diets of pregnant ewes of meat andfat productivity on their hematological parameters is shown. It was found that the optimization of copper element in the diets of ewes improves the composition of their blood.

The clinical condition of sheep receiving different amounts of green mass of sorghum in the phase of milk-wax ripeness was studied. It was found that eating different amounts of green mass of sorghum causes quite tolerable without any therapeutic effects painful condition, which can be characterized as latent acidosis of the scar.

The article presents the materials of physiological studies on the effect offeed additives, including probiotic, choline, mineral shungite on scar digestion, digestibility of nutrients in sheep.

By changing the metabolic products in the rumen digestion in rams feeding different amounts of sorghum grain established the absence of enzymatic explosion in the rumen, which is an indicator of low digestibility of sorghum grain. The probable cause of low digestibility of sorghum grain is considered.

The article presents the data of epizootological analysis of the manifestations of infectious diseases among sheep in Buryatia, the effectiveness of veterinary and preventive measures in the sheep breeding in republic.