Use of rape feed in diet for bull-calves at fattening allows farms not only to reduce import of protein feed stock, but also receive additional profit.
Keywords: protein, rape, soya, sunflower, bull-calves, young animals, oilseed meal, oil cake, oil seeds, rumen, digestibility, glucosinolates, erucic acid, meat productivity, daily average gains, live weight, mixed feed, diet, growth energy, pre-slaughter and slaughter weight, fleshiness, carcass, semi-carcass, fat, meatness index, rib eye, solid matter, moisture-holding ability, meat aging, extinction unit, oxyproline, tryptophane, feed conversion.

Carcasses and meat of uncastrated Aberdeen Angus bull-calves are characterised by high yield of edible parts, low content of visceral and edging fat, favorable structure of amino acids and optimum ratio of saturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Keywords: meat cattle production, bull-calf, castrated bull-calf, Aberdeen and Black-and-White animals, feed lot, fattening, completion of growing, carcass, meat, beef, cut, visceral and edging fat, amino acids, saturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids, feeding, bulk and concentrated feeds, meat «marbling», live weight gain, feed conversion, nutrient value, solid matter, milk herd, metabolic energy, diet, die-off, withdrawal, rib eye, raw fat, steak, L.K.Ernest All-Russia Livestock Research Institute, OJSC Sputnik Breeding Farm.

Multistage and continuous supervision, animal health check using laboratory tests during the quarantine time explain why France is the only country that never supplied sick cattle to Russia, which is confirmed by the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor).
Keywords: French cattle, export, veterinary service, health supervision, epizootic well-being, animal culling, cattle certification, «green» passports, Herd Book, farmer, export, Aubrac, Salers, Charolais, Gascon breed, cow, heifer, genealogy.

The 3rd International Conference «Meat cattle production in Russia: development, prospects, formation of the market for high-quality beef» was held in the International Industrial Academy in Moscow, where specific features of growing cattle of meat breeds in Russia were discussed.
Keywords: meat cattle production, cattle, bull, cow, calf, calving, fattening, доращивание, slaughter, feed lot, forage base, beef, young animals, breeding stock, herd, Aberdeen Angus, beef ageing, import replacement, veterinary supervision, electronic cattle identification, labelling, chip implanting, cold and post-weaning stress, castrated bull, genetics, weight gains, live weight.