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Swiss cattle breed excites dairy breeders at ASK Show

The Simmental or Swiss Fleckvieh is reddish in colour with white markings, and is kept for milk and meat.

 

There he was: The gorgeous beast — the well toned skin is wine red, it is neatly horned and with good muscling, large frame and heavy dewlap. Record shows he weighs around 1,300kg, and average body weight of the cows is around 700-900kg.

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