Ayrshire (race)
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! bgcolor=" pink" colspan=" 2" | Name binominal Boss taurus
or Boss primigenius taurus,
or Boss primigenius F. taurus
Linnaeus, 1758
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| Origin
| County of Ayrshire in Scotland
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| Diffusion
| World
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| Size
| Large
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| Dress
| Red magpie
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| Use
| Dairy
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The Ayrshire is a bovine race British. It bore successively the names of dunlop then cunningham .
Origin and distribution
It comes from the county of Ayr in Scotland, under a cold and wet climate where it is remarkably adapted. It belongs to the Celtic Rameau. At the 18th century, original black cattle not very productive was crossed with the race " teeswater" (today disappeared and ancestor from the Shorthorn) like with cattle resulting from the Channel Islands. (Jersey and guernesey)
Ses effective decreased with the the United Kingdom under the pressure of the holstein S, but its presence is important in North America and Scandinavia. (Sweden and Finland). It adapted better than the holstein in cold area.
Hors of its area of origin, it was crossed with other races in order to improve its productivity or its adaptation: Red Red holstein or of the Baltic.
Morphology
It wears a red black and white dress (red majority mahogany tree, but the nuances can go from the deer to almost black) and horns in high quadrant. The mucous membranes are pink color flesh.
C' is a race of intermediate size to large. The cow measures 138 cm for 550-600 kg and the bull 145 cm for 850-900 kg. It has udders conformed well and adapted well to the machine milking.
Aptitudes
It is a classified race Lait ière. Its production is interesting, with lactations of 7000 liters, but especially of the butyric and proteinic rate high and optima for the butter and cheese-making production. Its conformation of carcass allows only one secondary production: average valorization of the cull cows.
C' is a rustic species thanks to the natural selection of its soil of origin, but it adapts well to the intensive production. (stalling) It is the dairy race most effective on the acid grounds with a wet and cold climate. (reason of its success in Canada and in Scandinavia) the young people have a good sexual precocity. The cow is fertile and does not present problems to the vélage.
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