title: ONTOGENETIC FEATURES OF FORMATION OF YOUNG CATTLE EXTERIOR
abstract: The aim of the research was to study patterns of forming exterior in dairy cattle during postnatal ontogenetic development (particularly in terms of uneven growth for individual measurements and changing proportions of body structure). Instrumental assessment of young’s exterior was performed in three scientific and economic experiments by taking measurements of new-born calves and heifers at the age of 1, 3, 6, 9, 12 and 16 months. For the experiment 30 bull-calves of Ukrainian Black-and-White 
journal: Animal Breeding and Genetics