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Re: Breed improvement for tropical dairy



>     Ronald Nigh wrote;
>
>     >I have lost the original posting on this so I don't quite recall the
>     >full request.  It is ironic that Pakistan would be buying Canadian
>     >Holsteins. I believe Pakistan is the original home of the Sahiwal
>     >Zebu, a milk producing brahma that is now bred in Australia and has
>     >been crossed in New Zealand with Holstein to create an F-1
>     >dual-purpose cow for the tropics.
>
>     I was under the impression that the Sahiwal/Friesian cross was
>     originally bred in Australia (why did they breed them in NZ ? I
>     wouldn't have thought of NZ as having any tropical areas, but then
>     I've never been there). No mention of the NZ version on the site,
>     perhaps an oversight that warrants correction.


Vaughan Jones reply -

They are bred in New Zealand solely for export.

Semen is supplied to dairy farmers to breed them for rearing.


>     I found the following information at
>     http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/cattle/
>     a very comprehensive site on breeds of livestock
>
>     Australian Friesian Sahiwal
>
etc.

>     Regards,
>     Fiona Scott
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Best wishes

Vaughan Jones
(ex dairy & beef farmer & consultant)
Hamilton
New Zealand
jonesv@wave.co.nz