Dairy Cattle Breeds

Ayrshire

◦ Origin: Ayr, Scotland

Ayrshire

• Color: Cherry red, brown and white

Ayrshire

• Horned - a foot or more in length, curved out and slightly back

◦ dehorned as calves

Ayrshire

◦ Straight lines and well-balanced udders

Ayrshire

• Medium breed, strong, rugged cattle

Ayrshire

Vigorous and strong

Ayrshire

◦ Excellent grazing ability

Ayrshire

. "Ideal drinking milk"

Ayrshire

5307 kg of milk - 3rd in production

Ayrshire

4% milkfat - 5th among breeds

Ayrshire

Low somatic cell counts

Brown Swiss

Origin: Switzerland

Brown Swiss

One of the oldest breed

Brown Swiss

Color: brown (light or dark), blacknose and tongue, dark-blue eyepigmentation (helps to resistextreme solar radiation)

Brown Swiss

Horns: incline and slightly upward,medium & taper towards black tips

Brown Swiss

Large-framed, quiet, docile

Brown Swiss

High heat tolerance

Brown Swiss

5488kg milk - 2nd in prod

Brown Swiss

4.1% milkfat- 3rd in milkfat

Brown Swiss

Milk is coveted by cheese makers

• Close protein/fat ratio

Guernsey

Origin: Isle of Guernsey, France

Guernsey

Bred from: Fromond du leon and Norman Brindles

Guernsey

Color: fawn w/ white markings

Guernsey

Skin: yellow

Guernsey

Horns: curved outward and to the front, medium and small and yellowon the based

Guernsey

Early maturing breed, adaptable and gentle

Guernsey

4808kg milk - 4th in prod

Guernsey

5% milkfat- 2nd in milkfat

Guernsey

High Milk Flow

Guernsey

“Golden milk

Holstein-Friesian

Origin: Netherlands

Holstein-Friesian

Largest dairy breed

Holstein-Friesian

Color: black and white; recessive gene: red and white, black: switch,belly

Holstein-Friesian

Horns: incline forward and curvedinward, tapered towards the tips

Holstein-Friesian

Large udders

Holstein-Friesian

Excellent grazing, early maturity

Holstein-Friesian

Bulls: mean and dangerous

Holstein-Friesian

6577kg milk - 1st in prod

Holstein-Friesian

3.5% milkfat- 5th in milkfat

Red Sindhi

Origin: Sindh, Pakistan

Red Sindhi

Color: deep, rich red color to yellowish brown to dark brown

• Males are darker

• Female: black extremities when mature (head, feet tail)

Red Sindhi

Heat resistance and hardiness, tickresistance, disease resistence

Red Sindhi

Bulls: mean and dangerous

Red Sindhi

1700 to 3400kg milk

• 12-15kg/day

Sahiwal

Origin: Dry punjab, Indian-Pakistaniborder

Sahiwal

Junglies- professional herdsmanthat kept Sahiwals

Sahiwal

Best dairy breeds in India andPakistan

Sahiwal

Color: reddish brown, amounts ofwhite: neck & underline

• Males: darken heads and legs &tail

Sahiwal

• Tick resistant, heat tolerant

Sahiwal

• Docile and lethargic

Sahiwal

• Heaviest milker of all Zebu breeds

Sahiwal

• 2270kg - ave. during lactation

Ayrshire

Ayrshire

Brown Swiss

Guernsey

Holstein-Friesian

Red Sindhi

Sahiwal