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    This document discusses dairy production, including dairy cattle breeds, the dairy cow production cycle, and the milk commodity chain. It describes major dairy cattle breeds like Holstein Friesian, Jersey, and Brown Swiss and their characteristics. The dairy cow production cycle includes breeding the heifer, calving, lactation, drying off before calving again. The milk commodity chain involves feeding cows, harvesting, storing, transporting, testing, processing and selling milk.

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    Assoc. Prof. Dr.

    Nguyen Xuan Trach

    DAIRY PRODUCTION

    Website: http://cnts.hua.edu.vn

    CONTENTS

    Introduction
    Dairy cattle breeds
    Dairy cow production cycle
    Milk commodity chain
    INTRODUCTION
    Dairy farming has been part of agriculture for
    thousands of years, but it was usually done on a
    small scale on mixed farms with little
    distinction between dairy cattle and beef cattle.
    Today, dairy cows are specialized to produce
    large volumes of milk.
    Specialist scale dairy farming is only viable
    where either a large amount of milk is required.

    Dairy Breeds

    DAIRY CATTLE
    BREEDS
    Major Breeds of Dairy Cattle
    Holstein Friesian (HF)

    Origin: Netherlands
    Characteristics:
    Distinctive black and white markings
    Large framed
    Calf weighs 90 lb at birth
    Mature cow weighs 1500 lb
    Tremendous milk production
    21,167 pounds of milk / yr
    Protein 3.2%
    Fat 3.4%

    Major Breeds of Dairy Cattle


    Jersey
    Origin: Island of Jersey, GB

    Characteristics:
    Color: very light gray, mouse color to a very dark
    fawn, almost black
    Dark points
    Medium to Small Frame Size (smallest dairy
    breed)
    Cow weighs 800 to 1200 lb.
    Milk with highest butterfat
    Milk yield 16,223 lb / yr
    Protein 3.9%
    Fat 4.9%
    Major Breeds of Dairy Cattle
    Brown Swiss

    Origin: Switzerland
    Characteristics:
    Color: Brown-grey
    Strong feet and legs
    Docile
    Milk Production
    Milk yield 21,242 lb / yr
    Protein 3.5%
    Fat 4.0%

    Major Breeds of Dairy Cattle


    Shahiwal

    Origin: India-Pakistan
    Characteristics:
    Color: reddish brown to red
    Heat tolerance
    Tick and parasite resistance
    Milk Production
    Milk yield 2270kg /lactation
    Protein 3.5-4.0%
    Fat 4.5-5.0%
    THE DAIRY COW PRODUCTION CYCLE

    Heifer is bred and


    delivers a calf 9
    months later

    Dry cow rests for a Cow is placed in the milk


    few months until she herd where she stays for
    calves again 12-18 months

    When cows milk


    production declines,
    she is bred again
    and dried
    (stops producing
    milk)
    Lactation
    Once a calf is born the
    first release milk from
    the mother cow is called
    colostrums
    The cow will continue
    to give normal milk for
    about 300 days
    A cow may produce
    5000 litres per lactation

    Udder and
    mammary glands

    Suckling/
    Milking
    Lactation curve

    The amount of milk


    produced is not the
    same on every day
    Peak yield at ~5
    weeks after calving
    Dried off about 2
    months before calving
    again

    Kg/day Ideal lactation and calving interval


    Peak milk yield
    30

    20
    Calving

    Calving

    10
    Dry
    period

    -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 months
    after calving
    Lactation (10 months)

    AI Gestation (9 months)

    Calving interval (12 months)


    MILK COMMODITY CHAIN
    Feeding cows
    Harvesting milk
    Storing milk
    Transporting milk
    Laboratory testing
    Processing milk
    Selling milk

    From Cow to YOU !

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