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Finnish Ayrshire

{{Short description|Finnish breed of cattle}}

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{{Infobox cattle breed

| name = Finnish Ayrshire

| image = Cows by Kuninkaantie, Sipoo (cropped).JPG

| image_size =

| image_alt = two red-and-white pied cows

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| status = {{ubl|FAO (2007): not at risk|DAD-IS (2021): not at risk}}

| altname = Suomen Ayrshire

| country = Finland

| distribution =

| standard =

| use = milk

| weight = average 593 kg{{r|cabi|p=176}}

| maleweight = 1000 kg{{r|dad}}

| femaleweight = 580 kg{{r|dad}}

| height =

| maleheight = 140 cm{{r|dad}}

| femaleheight = 127 cm{{r|dad}}

| skincolour =

| coat = multi-coloured red and white

| horn =

| subspecies = "taurus", "indicus" or "hybrid"?

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File:Cows by Kuninkaantie, Sipoo 4.JPG

The Finnish Ayrshire is a Finnish breed of dairy cattle. It derives from Scottish Ayrshire stock imported to Finland between about 1847 and 1923.{{r|cabi|p=118}} It is the most numerous dairy breed of the country, constituting approximately 61% of the dairy herd.{{r|cabi|p=176}}

History

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| image1 = MECHELIN(1894) p190 Ayrshire Cow from Sippola (edited).jpg

| alt1 = old black-and-white photograph of a spotted cow

| image2 = MECHELIN(1894) p191 Ayrshire Bull from Sippola (edited).jpg

| alt2 = old black-and-white photograph of a spotted bull

| footer = Ayrshire cow and bull photographed in Sippola in 1894.

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

In the 1960s and 1970s Finnish Ayrshire semen was used to improve the dairy capabilities of the Ayrshire in the United Kingdom.{{r|marl|p=61}}

Its conservation status was given as "not at risk" by the FAO in 2007 and by DAD-IS in 2021.{{r|barb|p=40|dad}}

Characteristics

The cattle are multi-coloured red and white.{{r|dad}}

Use

The cattle are reared for their milk. The average milk yield per lactation is {{nobreak|8571 kg}}, with 4.28% fat.{{r|cabi|p=176}}

References

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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.

Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). [https://books.google.com/books?id=2UEJDAAAQBAJ Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding] (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. {{ISBN|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.

Marleen Felius (1995). [https://books.google.com/books?id=iXImAQAAMAAJ Cattle Breeds: An Encyclopedia]. Doetinchem, Netherlands: Misset. {{ISBN|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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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090830190333/http://www.faba.fi/english/index.html FABA]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090319070326/http://neurocad.lva.lt/Breeds/Breeds.htm N-EURO-CAD]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202258/http://www.nordgen.org/ngh/husdyrdatabase/visrase.php?id=173 NordGen] (Arctic Ark) in Finnish, [https://web.archive.org/web/20160301025545/http://www.nordgen.org/index.php/en/content/view/full/63 in English]
  • [http://www.geno.no Geno]

Category:Cattle breeds originating in Finland