Cows Simmental breed - originally from Switzerland

Simmental breed of cows, the photo of which is clearlyindicates the thoroughbredness of these animals, was established in Switzerland. It is, perhaps, one of the oldest in the world. There is an assumption that the Simmental breed cows originate from animals obtained from crossing wild tours with peat cattle. In the past, they were called Bernian. From Switzerland, these animals were gradually exported to different countries.

To date, Simmental cows are bred for two purposes: meat and milk and meat. In Russia, the second direction is most common.

The main color of this livestock is pale-mottled orfawn, less often - red-mottled. The purebred Simmental cow has a pink tongue and a nasal mirror, as well as a pharynx and eyelids. Usually individuals in the height of the withers reach one hundred and forty centimeters. Cows of Simmental breed have strong skeleton and proportional addition. They have a large head with a broad frontal part. The neck is usually medium in length. The chest is deep and wide, and the bulls have a very developed dewlap. The back and the posterior body of the Simmental cow are wide, the sacrum sometimes elevated. The extremities are correctly set. The udder has a rounded shape with a large margin, the nipples have a conical or cylindrical shape.

Disadvantages of the body structure of the cow Simmental breed experts call the wrong arrangement of its hind limbs, the back of the neck, as well as the weak development of the front lobes.

With the help of this livestock there are several varieties, such as the Hungarian motley, the Red Garden, the Bulgarian Red, and the Slovak red-motley.

Milk productivity in Simmental cowThe breeds are different depending on the breeding site. The most productive this cattle is in the central black earth regions, where the milk yield of individuals listed in the pedigree book gives five and a half thousand kilograms for lactation.

The record-breaking breed is Ryabushka-1413, which for its fourth milk deduction has given 1,454 kilograms with a fat content of 3.82 percent.

Cows became widespreadSimmental breeds belonging to such highly productive related groups, which have a large fat-milkiness, as lines of the Lord, Mergel, Facade, Zipper, Toreador.

Currently, the largest breeding herds are concentrated in the Voronezh breeding plant and in Ukraine in the Chernigov region, as well as in the Kiev.

Simmental breed cow runs throughrelatively easy. Calves, whose live weight reaches birth to forty-five kilograms at the time of birth, can be successfully grown at different levels of feeding, and by the year they weigh three centners with a fat thickness of up to six millimeters.

The costs of growing Simmental bull-calves for meat up to a year and a half last up to a maximum of eight and a half fodder units.

Those who grew these animals know how they are obedient and understandable. Other characteristics of simmentalok are their mobility, good development of muscle tissue, as well as resistance to disease.

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