STUDY OF PRODUCTIVE AND REPRODUCTIVE FEATURES OF THE ROMANIAN BLACK SPOTTED CATTLE IN THE SEMI-SUBSISTENCE FARMS FROM BOTOSANI COUNTY

I. Gîlcă, Valerica Gîlcă, R.M. Radu-Rusu, Cristina Simeanu, D. Simeanu, C. Gîngă, Roxana Mihalache, P. Avram, Elena Ignat

Abstract
    The study was carried out on 120 cattle of Romanian Black Spotted breed, raised in semi-subsistence farms in Botosani county, and the main indices of production and breeding were analyzed. Thus, was pursued quantitative and qualitative milk production in first lactation, body development in second lactation, respectively the age at first calving (VP), dry period (RM), calving interval (CI), service period (SP) and their evolution in the successive lactations (from I to VI).

Key words: Romanian Black Spotted, cattle, indices, reproductive, productive