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Finnish Ayrshire

Finnish breed of cattle

Field	Value
name	Finnish Ayrshire
image	Cows by Kuninkaantie, Sipoo (cropped).JPG
image_alt	two red-and-white pied cows
status
altname	Suomen Ayrshire
country	Finland
use	milk
weight	average 593 kg
maleweight	1000 kg
femaleweight	580 kg
maleheight	140 cm
femaleheight	127 cm
coat	multi-coloured red and white
subspecies	"taurus", "indicus" or "hybrid"?

The Finnish Ayrshire is a Finnish breed of dairy cattle. It derives from Scottish Ayrshire stock imported to Finland between about 1847 and 1923. It is the most numerous dairy breed of the country, constituting approximately 61% of the dairy herd.

History

A breed society, the Afvelsföreningen för Ayrshire-boskap i Finland, was formed in 1901; a herd-book was started in the same year.

In the 1960s and 1970s Finnish Ayrshire semen was used to improve the dairy capabilities of the Ayrshire in the United Kingdom.

Its conservation status was given as "not at risk" by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 2007 and by DAD-IS in 2021.

Characteristics

The cattle are multi-coloured red and white.

Use

The cattle are reared for their milk. The average milk yield per lactation is , with 4.28% fat.

References

Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20200623201209/http://www.fao.org/3/a1250e/annexes/List%20of%20breeds%20documented%20in%20the%20Global%20Databank%20for%20Animal%20Genetic%20Resources/List_breeds.pdf List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources], annex to [https://web.archive.org/web/20170110125634/http://www.fao.org/3/a-a1250e.pdf ''The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture'']. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. {{ISBN. 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
9781780647944.
[https://fao-dadis-breed-detail.web.app/?country=FIN&specie=Cattle&breed=Ayrshire&lang=en Breed data sheet: Ayrshire / Finland (Cattle)]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed October 2021.
9789054390176.
[https://www.ayrshire-finland.com/yhdistys/ayrshirerodun-historiaa/ Ayrshirerodun historiaa] (in Finnish). Suomen Ayrshirekasvattajat - Finnish Ayrshire Breeders ry. Accessed October 2021.

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