Dairy Cattle Production

Dairy cattle breeds

/Ayrshire

  • Origin: Ayr, Scotland

  • Color: Cherry red, brown and white

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

  • dehorned as calves Straight lines and well-balanced

    udders

  • Medium breed, strong, rugged cattle Vigorous and strong

  • Excellent grazing ability

  • "Ideal drinking milk"

  • 5307 kg of milk - 3rd in production 4% milkfat - 5th among breeds

    Low somatic cell counts

brown-swiss

  • Origin: Switzerland

  • One of the oldest breed

  • Color: brown (light or dark), black nose and tongue, dark-blue eye pigmentation (helps to resist extreme solar radiation)

  • Horns: incline and slightly upward, medium & taper towards black tips Large-framed, quiet, docile

  • High heat tolerance

  • 5488kg milk - 2nd in prod

  • 4.1% milkfat- 3rd in milkfat

  • Milk is coveted by cheese makers

  • Close protein/fat ratio

guernsey

  • Origin: Isle of Guernsey, France

  • Bred from: Fromond du leon and Norman Brindles

  • Color: fawn w/ white markings

  • Skin: yellow

  • Horns: curved outward and to the front, medium and small and yellow on the based

  • Early maturing breed, adaptable and gentle

  • 4808kg milk - 4th in prod 5% milkfat- 2nd in milkfat

  • High Milk Flow

  • "Golden milk"

Holstein-Friesian

  • Origin: Netherlands Largest dairy breed

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

  • Horns: incline forward and curved inward, tapered towards the tips

  • Large udders

  • Excellent grazing, early maturity

  • Bulls: mean and dangerous

  • 6577kg milk - 1st in prod

  • 3.5% milkfat- 5th in milkfat

Red Sindhi

  • Origin: Sindh, Pakistan

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

    • Males are darker

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

  • Heat resistance and hardiness, tick resistance, disease resistance

  • Bulls: mean and dangerous

  • 1700 to 3400kg milk

    • 12-15kg/day

Sahiwal

  • Origin: Dry Punjab, Indian-Pakistani border

  • Junglies- professional herdsman that kept Sahiwals

  • Best dairy breeds in India and Pakistan

  • Color: reddish brown, amounts of white: neck & underline

  • Males: darken heads and legs & tail

  • Tick resistant, heat tolerant

  • Docile and lethargic 2270kg - ave. during lactation

  • Heaviest milker of all Zebu breeds

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