Comparative Study on Milk Production, Milk Components, Feed Intake and Efficiency Parameters of Fleckvieh (German Simmental), Brown Swiss and Fleckvieh × Red Holstein Dairy Cows.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to compare milk production, milk components and feed intake of Fleckvieh, Brown Swiss and Fleckvieh × Red Holstein dairy cows kept under identical feeding and management conditions. The study examined efficiency parameters in relation to feed, energy, protein, and metabolic weight of the three breeds. Additionally, the changes of body condition throughout the lactation were assessed using body condition score and back fat thickness. Data collected from 24 feeding trials conducted at the Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture between 2011 and 2023 were compiled. Totally, 99,288 daily observations from 212 Fleckvieh, 127 Brown Swiss and 103 Fleckvieh × Red Holstein dairy cows were evaluated. Although Brown Swiss is a more dairy orientated breed compared with

SUBMITTER: Bosch A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12451417 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature