Prospects for organic horse breeding in Yakutia

¹ Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science Federal Research Centre “Yakutsk Research Centre of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences” - Yakutsk Research Institute of Agriculture named after M.G. Safronov, 23 Bestuzhev-Marlinsky St., Building 1, 677001, Yakutsk, Russian Federation
² Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Arctic State Agrotechnological University”, Sergelyakhskoye highway, 3 km, house 3, 677007, Yakutsk, Russian Federation

^* Corresponding author: conevods@mail.ru

Abstract

The article discusses the prospects for the development of organic horse breeding in Yakutia. The potential of Yakutia in the development of organic animal husbandry is justified by the presence of a huge territory with a favorable environmental situation, the presence of vast areas remote from industrial centers that meet the concept of eco-products. It is noted that Yakut traditional animal husbandry, especially herd horse breeding, is suitable for organic animal husbandry, due to the fact that the requirements are ideally met. Organic animal husbandry requires keeping animals in the most environmentally friendly conditions, where there is no environmental pollution. in the natural way of life to which animals are adapted, where the traditional management system adheres, where animals are adapted to local conditions, emphasis should be placed on the use of organic feeds, which should be natural, nutritious and provide animals with normal physiology and metabolism, should not contain harmful substances, purebred animals without crossbreeds are welcome, that is, local breeds with high resistance to adverse maintenance factors. It is noted that the Yakut horse breeding, with a special technology of maintenance and feeding, provides environmentally friendly dietary, delicatessen products (foal, internal fat, blood, etc.), which has the prospect of being an export product.