RUDN Journal of Agronomy and Animal IndustriesRUDN Journal of Agronomy and Animal Industries2312-797X2312-7988Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba135610.22363/2312-797X-2015-2-74-80Research ArticleFeatures of development of the axial and peripheral skeleton of guinea fowls of white volga breed after the birthKulikovE VDepartment morphology of animals and veterinary sanitarian inspectioneugeny1978@list.ruSotnikovaE DDepartment of clinical veterinary sciencedean@agro.pfu.edu.ruPeoples' Friendship University of Russia150220152748005092016Copyright © 2015,2015When studying dynamics of body height and development of axial and peripheral departments of a skeleton of guinea fowls it is established that these processes happen in close interrelation with body height of alive weight and a skeleton of guinea fowls in general. At guinea fowls males in development after the birth the relative mass of an axial skeleton to the absolute mass of a skeleton decreases - from 27,17% (at daily age) to 26,19% (at the age of 365 days) while at guinea fowls females this indicator increases - from 25,46% (at daily age) to 29,08% (at the age of 365 days). On a similar index of a peripheral skeleton the inverse picture is observed. It is bound to egg efficiency at guinea fowls females (the axial department of a skeleton grows more intensively) and to meat efficiency at tsesarey-males (the peripheral department of a skeleton grows more intensively).skeleton axial and peripheraldevelopmentguinea fowlsVolga breedageскелет осевой и периферическийразвитиецесаркиволжская породавозраст