Figure 1.Ayrshire cow. (Photograph courtesy of Mississippi State University.) Brown Swiss The Brown Swiss originated in the cantons (states) of Schwyz, Zug, St Gallen, Glarus, Lucerne and Zurich in Switzerland. It became a prominent breed during the middle of the nineteenth century although its...
cow family lines. As no complete sire information was available no evaluation of sire line was possible. Exam- ination of the cow line where animals had been exam- ined shows an even spread of cataracts across the herd (Figure 3). Also, the presence of cataracts in the dam had no ...