Thursday, September 19, 2019

All You Need To Know About Guernsey Dairy Cattle

Have you ever looked for the cow breed and imagined from where were they originated? What will be the advantage to have these breeds? Well, talking about guernsey dairy cattle breed it was originated in the Channel Islands between France and England.

Moving towards the color and texture of this breed the guernsey cattle are basically lightish brown in color and have white marks that are clearly defined. Having a coat color that is lightish makes the Guernsey Dairy Cattle resist heat better than the other breed of dairy cattle. Thus, further, this cattle breed is the best as they are adaptable to climate change.

Why Guernsey Dairy Cattle is popular?

This dairy cattle breed is popular among people as it produces milk that is “golden in color.” The golden color of milk due to the:
  • A high concentration of solids – 4.7 percent ± 0.4 butterfat, and, 3.4 percent ± 0.2 protein.
  • A high concentration of beta-carotene.
 

Benefits of having guernsey breed:    
  • Efficiency: Since the guernsey dairy cattle are small which makes them consume less food to produce milk as compared to other breeds of cattle. Thus, by consuming less food the guernsey breed converts that feed into more butterfat as well as protein per unit of body weight.
  • Milk Quantity: Guernsey dairy cattle milk contains 30% more cream, 12% more protein, 33% more vitamin D, 25% more vitamin A and 15% more calcium than the milk of other cattle breeds.
  • Ease of giving birth: According to the research followed by experts the Guernseys have the lowest percentage of difficulty for calving. Guernseys breed calve easily even when crossed with heavier beef breeds.
  • The best cheese processing breed: The high concentration of milk that these cows have provided the best option for processing cheese.  While cheese made solely from Guernsey milk was recently awarded as the Silver Medal at Australia's most prestigious cheese show. Guernsey 15.36 kg of cheese was made from 100 liters of pure Guernsey milk and more.
Wrapping up:

Having knowledge of cattle breeds is important if you want to own a farm, export cattle or want to buy cattle. If you are looking to buy the various varieties of dairy cattle you must contact Australia's Livestock Exporters, they are of the best exporters in Australia and always exports quality cattle by performing all the test and sending all the required documents to the buyers.