Why Brown Swiss?

MANY ROADS LEAD TO SUCCESS

European Brown Swiss genetics is appreciated worldwide because it off ers a wide choice of new sires’ lines. Europe Brown Swiss Countries off ers semen from top quality sires as well as sexed semen, embryos and living animals. The Brown Swiss breed is used successfully also in crossbreeding, especially on dairy breeds needing to improve strength and quality milk.

New Sires’ Lines

European Brown Swiss genetics is appreciated worldwide because it off ers a wide choice of excellent new sires’ lines. Beside the typical features of the breed, the European Brown Swiss genetics is appreciated by the breeders from all over the world for its off er of excellent sires, its diff erent genetic lines as well as the reliability of the genetic indexes. This is due to the wide number of available animals (herdbook animals), which is 80% of the worldwide Brown population, and the modern breeding programs using genomics. Brown Swiss has been the fi rst breed at world level to have a common international project on genomic selection.

Sexed Semen

The European Brown Swiss semen is exported to North and South America, Oceania and Africa. Interbull Ranking Lists,
which compare the genetic indexes of all the internationally proven sires, off er the opportunity to choose among a wide range of top sires and to maintain and improve the breed features. Beside top genetics semen, Europe off ers also sexed semen, embryos and livestock. The European Brown Swiss Associations off er breeding advisory services and selection projects.

Ideal for Cross-Breeding

The Brown Swiss Breed is successfully used as a cross breed especially on dairy breeds that need improving strength and milk quality. The modern features of the Brown breed allow its use at diff erent levels to produce stronger and more resistant animals, able to give a better milk quality with a desirable milk quantity as well as quality of meat both in ideal or extreme conditions.

Original Type

The Brown Swiss breed off ers many roads to success. There is also a strain of animals resulting directly from the fi rst European Brown cattle. These animals are of more limited size and have a dual purpose aptitude. That is a further possible response to the various productive situations that can be found around the world.