The textbook addresses the issues of the theoretical foundations of breeding work and the organizational structure of breeding dairy and meat cattle-breeding in the Russian Federation, Origin and evolution of cattle , the concept of breed and classification of breeds in cattle breeding , the main factors of breed-education and breed-education process , individual development and directed cultivation of young animals , selection and selection in dairy and meat cattle breeding , methods of breeding, Used in cattle breeding, breeding of new breeds in cattle breeding , assessment of bulls-producers on the quality of offspring , Basic principles of drawing up a breeding-tribal work plan , Agricultural animal gene pool and its effective use. The publication contains materials on the study of the discipline "Tribal work in dairy and meat cattle breeding" and conducting independent work. Training manual "Tribal work in dairy and meat cattle breeding" is intended for graduate students of the direction of training 36. 06. 01 Veterinary and zootechnics full-time education . UDC