Braunvieh

The Brown Swiss is a breed of cattle house.

The breeding of this breed began in the 15th century in the monastery of Einsiedeln in Central Switzerland, and from there it spread to the Tyrol. Since the mid- 1960s, the local stock through crossbreeding of cultured American Brown Swiss was converted at the current Brown Swiss. Except in Switzerland, the Brown Swiss, especially in South Tyrol, in Austria in Vorarlberg, Tyrol and Upper Styria West and in Germany is held in Swabia and the Allgäu. The breed without or with very little Brown Swiss cross breeding is as Original Braunvieh ( OBV ) is still bred.

The Brown Swiss is a uniform brown to gray- brown bark with black, light a bound muzzle. His horns are light with dark tip. The cows weigh about 550-750 kg with a height at the withers of 138-152 cm, bulls about 1000 to 1300 kg. This is the Brown cattle (also known as Brown Swiss ) now a milk stressed dual purpose breed with high milk yields, which varies depending on the location between 7.200 (mountain regions) and 12,000 liters per year. The daily weight gain of beef bulls is 1.2 kg for intensive fattening. These are the high milk protein content of 3.5 to 4.5 percent. Brown Swiss is in terms of life and life's work in many countries, the No. 1

Montafon Braunvieh

Also for the Brown Swiss is one of the Montafon Brown cattle, a breed of cattle of southern Vorarlberg.

It is to moderate, muscular, mostly medium to dark brown animals with light dorsal stripe. Cows weigh about 500-600 kg, bulls approximately 750-1000 kg. The Montafon were widespread in the 19th century and was then increasingly converted to brown cattle through crossbreeding of Brown Swiss.