Category: Cattle - Cow
Facts about Holstein Cattle (Cow), Holstein cattle are the most famous of the seven main dairy varieties in the United States. The Holstein Cattle can be easily recognized by their distinguishing black and white marks. Cows of Holstein breed make up in excess of 90 percent of the cows on the dairy farms of the United States.
Physical Appearance and evaluation of Holstein cattle. In 1885 they Holstein breeders founded the Holstein-Friesian Association of America, the Holstein Association is the largest dairy breed Association Of America.
There are two major ways, such as dairy cattle shows of female cows of all ages and linear categorization for cows only, through which female dairy cattle are assessed on their physical look.
Dairy cattle shows of female cows of all ages are organized held around the United States, and may be as undersized as a local or province show with some dozen cows, or as big as the worldwide exhibition at World Dairy Expo, which includes hundreds of Holstein cattle from all parts of Canada and the United States. At these shows, cows are divided into different categories that are derived from their age and breed.
Linear categorization for cows is a program, organized by Holstein Association of the United States of America, and other breed associations, for their individual breeds. Trained experts, known as classifiers, go to farms all over the country who desire to have their cattle categorized. On the ranch, they assess the individual physical conformation of each cow, compare to breed principles, and allot each part of the body a rank that ranges from 1 to 50. Subsequent to each part is ranked, the classifier as well, allots a final score, ranging from 50 to 97, coming under one among the five categories, such as:
· 90-97 points scored cows will be considered excellent.
· 85-89 points scored cows will be considered very good.
· 80-84 points scored cows will be considered good plus.
· 75-79 points scored cows will be considered good.
· 65-74 points scored cows will be considered fair.
· 50-64 points scored cows will be considered poor.
Usually, a mature Holstein cow grows to a maximum height of 58 inches (4.8 feet) (147 cm) at the shoulder, with a maximum body weight of 1,500 lbs (666.67 kg). This height and weight of these cows make them the biggest among the dairy breeds of the United States.
Though Holstein cattle are identifiable without difficulty by means of their distinctive markings, they may also come in red and white color combination due to a recessive genetic feature. These cattle breeds are recognized for their exceptional milk manufacture, attractive phenotypic features, and flexibility to an extensive variety of environments.
In the United States, there are in excess of nine million dairy cows, with roughly 90 percent among them being of Holstein origin. Holstein cattle breeds can flourish in the several different administration settings of the dairy industry of America, and can be seen from coast to coast.
Usually, Holstein cow breed calve for the primary time when they attain the age between 23 months and 26 months, with strong calves, with the body weight, ranging from 80 lbs to 100 lbs (35.5 kg to 44.4 kg) at birth. Holstein cows offer calves after a gestation period of nine months.
Holstein cow breeds are capable of producing huge quantities of milk when compared to other cow breeds. A typical Holstein cow produces an average quantity of 23,000 lbs, or (10,222 kg), or 2,674 gallons (10122 liter) of milk per lactation. By means of a normal lactation, lasting 305 days that accounts for 75 lbs or approximately 9 gallons (34 liter) of milk for each cow for each day.
Holstein cows with black and white have claimed Supreme Champion credits, the maximum recognition offered for elite phenotypic features, at the World Dairy Expo, which is the major dairy cattle show of the world, conducted every fall in Madison in the state of Wisconsin on 32 occasions in the preceding 42 years.
The male cows name is called a bull and the young they produce are called calfs. When do cows give milk for the first time, after they have given birth to a calf for the first time. A cow can not climb down stairs but it can climb up stairs. It can not climb down because cows knees do not bend the right way for going down stairs. Cows spends about 5 1/2 to 7 hours every day eating cud (food that has been partly digested and returns from the first stomach of ruminants to the mouth for more chewing) and about 8 hours on chewing it, they have one stomach, but for digestion cows have four digestive compartments called reticulum, rumen, abomasum and omasum. The cow on average in the United States can produce about 21,000 lbs (9525 kg) of milk in one year, that’s about 2,500 gallons (9463 liter) a year, and for the time of its life on earth, a cow can produce about 200,000 glasses of milk. A 1000 pound cow in a year can make about 10 tons of manure. Cows chew about 50 times per minute. A Cows is considered sacred in the religion Hindu of India. Cows can drink a about a bathtub full of water a day, which is equivalent to 40 gallons (151.4 Liters)of water a day. The average cow in the U.S. Can produces 53 pounds (24 kg) of milk per day, or 6.2 gallons (23.4 Liter). A cow gives milk for the first time after giving birth to a calf. It takes about 12 pounds (5.4 kg) of whole milk to make one gallon of ice cream. Cows can smell something up to 6 miles (9.65 Kilometer) away, they have superior sense of smell. Cows can hear frequencies higher and lower much better than humans. Beta carotene found in grass that cows graze on, is where butter gets is natural yellow color. To make one pound of butter it takes 21.2 pounds (9.6 kg) of whole milk. Cows have 32 teeth and chew 50 times per minute. Cows live about 5 years, the way you tell the age of a cow that has horns, is by counting the number of rings on the horns.Cows have panoramic vision they can see in every direction.101.5°F (38.6°C) is the average cows body temperature.The oldest cow was named Big Bertha, which died just 3 months short of her 49th birthday. Cows can sleep while standing.
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