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Guernsey Cow

Bos taurus

Description:

Some kind of cow. Light brown with white spots.

Habitat:

Meadow.

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6 Comments

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 9 years ago

Hi Esteban. This is just so interesting to me. It is very neat that you are a farmer and veterinarian. I was raised on a cattle ranch in California - beef cattle that were Hereford and Angus. Our area did not have milk cows but my friend from Minnesota lived on a milk cow farm. I had never heard of dual purpose cattle before and I feel like I have gone forward in time to the future or something. I am checking articles on Simmental and do see that they are all over the world and there are even international conventions about them. Here in this part of Mexico, that is tropical, the rainforest areas are being destroyed for cattle and they all seem to be Zebu. I'm going to be watching them more closely now. :)

EstebanJaramillo55
EstebanJaramillo55 9 years ago

maybe you now the breed as Simmental.
Im a farmer, and Simmental breeder and veterinarian of cattle.
I've been in Europe.
i mean that in this region is more common Fleckvieh.
Worldwide there are 41 Mio. Fleckvieh animals. Fleckvieh is the second largest cattle breed in the world.
and Guernsey cow is milky type, and cow in the picture is dual purpose cow.
the rear udder is so short for Guernsey.
try to find pictures about Guernsey cows and compare the udder.

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 9 years ago

I had never heard of Fleckvieh. Very interesting!
Esteban, Do you think it is now the only breed used in Europe?
http://www.fleckvieh.de/Englisch/Fleckvi...

EstebanJaramillo55
EstebanJaramillo55 9 years ago

is Fleckvieh , no Guernsey. i mean for the udder form, muscles and conformation. Guernsey have a bigger udders and less muscles.
if you are close to Austria sure is Fleckvieh.

Ursula
Ursula 10 years ago

Totally possible! I know people say around there that these cows give loads of good milk ... :)

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

This looks like a Guernsey Milk Cow. These are supposed to be the best milk cows ever!

Ursula
Spotted by
Ursula

Bovec, Zahodna Slovenija, Slovenia

Spotted on Jun 28, 2013
Submitted on Feb 22, 2014

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