Plant raw materials for correction of reproductive function of cows

The article presents data on the study of the effect of the supplement Lamarin Saldonum on the reproductive ability of highly productive cows. The experiment was conducted in the APC collective farm "Iskra" (Kotelnichsky district, Kirov region). The experiment involved cows of a black-and-white Holstein breed aged 2-5 lactation, with a milk yield of 7,500 kg for 305 days of the previous completed lactation, divided according to the principle of analogues into experimental groups O1, O2, O3 and control K4 (n=5). The additive was introduced into the ration of cows in groups O1, O2 and O3 30 days before the expected date of calving for 2 months (60 days) daily in doses of 0.3, 0.4 and 0.5 g/kg live weight per day respectively. It was found that the use of dietary supplements in these doses does not affect the duration of pregnancy of females and the timing of their arrival in the hunt after calving. However, it reduces the number of spermodoses spent per fruitful insemination by 7,69; 46,15 (p?0,01) and 23,08  % (p?0,05), the number of days from calving to fruitful insemination by 19, 65 (p?0,01), 38,24 (p?0,001) and 27,27 % (p?0,001), and period of infertility by 32,81 (p?0,01), 63,84 (p?0,001) and 45,54 % (p?0,001) respectively relative to group K4 (intact animals). According to the conducted studies, the most optimal dose for correcting the reproductive function of cows is an additive dose of 0,4 g per 1 kg of live weight.