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The Bruna Alpine
FEMALE
THE BRUNA ALPINE BREED OF COW: MORPHOLGY |
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| The colour of its coat may vary from light to dark brown, some white patches may be found on its chest. Its muffle is generally dark, bordered with white. The skin of its udder is pigmented. The functionality of the udder is excellent, the skeletal structure is strong and well marked and it shows great characteristics for the production of milk. |
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| Front side | The front is generally harmonic; the neck is thin with many skin folds; the withers are well closed and rather sharp, its shoulders are harmonically merged with its neck; its chest is strong and wide, which contributes to extending its thoracic cavity. The vertical limbs are well separeted and they have flat bones. |
| Chine | Its chine is rectilinear, without any emptiness Retro-scapular, with large and strong loins. |
| Rump | It is long and wide, with its protruding sacral bon is not too high; the tail head is neither flat, concave nor high. Its tail is quite thin. |
| Back limbs | They are correctly perpendicular, they are strong, slender with flat bones. |
| Feet | They are strong and compact, with high hooves and with strong nails. |
| Fore udder | It is correctly attached,it’s not divided, it has regular quarters with a profile that is lightly rounded; the abdominal veins are protruding and sinous with a wide milk well. Its skin is spongy and elastic. |
| Rear udder | It is strongly and perfectly attached,it is high and large and slightly protruding compared to the fore udder. It has regular quarters and its skin is spongy and elastic. |
| teets | They are uniform and perpendicolar. They should be in the centre of each quarter. It shoul be parallel to the floor above the line of the hocks. |
| Height to the withers | 145-150 cm |
| Width of the breast | 45-50 cm |
| Toracic depth | 70-75 cm |
| Abdominal depth | 85-90 cm |
| Angle of rump | 4-5 cm |
| Range to the ischium | 20-25 cm |
| Angle to the hock | 135°-145° |
| Height to the heel | 4-5 cm |
| The level above the hock | 5-7 cm |
| Fore udder | 28 cm |
| Posterior height from the vulva |
30 cm |
| Thoracic circumference | 190-205 cm |
| Length of the rump | 55-63 cm |
| Width of the rump | 50-57 cm |
| Length of the chine | 190-210 cm |
