simmental/fleckvieh cattle breeding in the czech republic

simmental/fleckvieh cattle breeding in the czech republic

SIMMENTAL/FLECKVIEH CATTLE
BREEDING IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Dr. Josef Kučera
[email protected]
Topics of the presentation
• EVF / WSFF information
• Simmental-Fleckvieh breeding in the Czech
Republic
European Simmental Federation/ WSFF
• Established 1962 in Munich (GER)
– Founding member states: GER, FR, CH, IT, AT, YUG
– Secretariat GER
Dr. Belic, Dr. Puksic
• 2012: 50th anniversary of the ESF
• 1974 – Zagreb – the WSFF founded
– Secretariat CH, since 2008 CZ
• Since 2009 closer cooperation between ESF-WSFF
• 2013: WSFF become a member of ICAR
European Simmental Federation/ WSFF
• Main goal of the international bodies
– Information exchange
– Co-ordination of the breeding schemes and techniques
• (breed codes, pedigree harmonisation…
– Organisation of common events (show, conference…)
– Participation and support of the research projects
(gene2farm, cross breeding trials SA, Beef project
CDN…)
– Common working groups (WG Exterieur, WG beef…)
– Promotion of the breed Europe(World) wide
Fleckvieh in the EVF-countries 2012
• Dual purpose
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Fleckvieh animals total
Breed share in country
HB cows
HB Breeders
Ø HB Cows
8,9 mio
1-80 %
1,9 mio
90 000
20 (5 – 273)
Fleckvieh in the EVF-countries 2012
• Beef
–
–
–
–
–
Fleckvieh animals total
Breed share in country
HB cows
HB breeders
Ø HB cows
0,6 mio
1-60 %
70 000
17 500
27 (5 – 124)
Breeding goal (TMI) in EVF-countries 2012
Milk
Beef
Fitness
Conformation
Germany
38
16
46
Italy
44
24
12,5
19,5
Croatia
40
30
30
-
Switzerland
35
20
25
20
Slovenia
35
21
22
22
Czech Rep.
40
17
16
26
Hungary
40
30
30
What I would like to improve in my
herd
E-Journ@l
fast and effective way of communication
New common web site of ESF and WSFF
• Simmental-Fleckvieh breeding in the Czech
Republic
Breed structure in the Czech Rep.
české strakaté
holštýn a red holštýn
ostatní
masná
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Cattle population – dairy cows
11,2
8,2
29,3
8,1
34,7
39,8
44,6
18,1
24,8
63,3
21,5
51,3
20,4
Structure of the CZ beef and dairy
farms
Size (heads)
dairy cows
%
beef cows
%
1 - 10
3 515
0,9
17 102
9,7
11 - 50
15 556
4,2
38 953
22,1
51 - 200
52 619
14,1
54 713
31
201 - 500
151 082
40,5
40 789
23,1
501 – 1 000
123 971
33,2
14 673
8,3
over 1000
26 301
7,1
10 104
5,8
TOTAL
373 044
100
176 334
100
Milk production development in CZ
7000
6500
6000
mléko
Calving interval
Kg milk
mezidobí
5500
5000
4500
4000
1993 19941995 19961997 19981999 20002001 20022003 20042005 20062007 20082009 20102011 2012
rok
Milk production changes (Czech
Fleckvieh)
(český strakatý skot)
2011-12
1995-96
8%
do
5500
55016000
20%
4% 2%2%
60016500
do 5500
44%
11%
5501- 6000
6001- 6500
6501- 7000
84%
7001 a více
12%
13%
65017000
7001 a
více
Type classification results (192 000 in 13 years)
Year
# of
cows
Frame
Muscling
F&L
Udder
Total
1999/2000
11 633
78,3
77,1
77,2
77,6
77,7
2000/2001
12 098
80,1
78,4
77,2
79,6
79,2
2001/2002
14 225
79,5
77,9
75,9
78,6
78,5
2002/2003
12 873
76,7
77,7
76,1
78
77,3
2003/2004
14 873
77,4
77,2
74,8
77,7
77,2
2004/2005
15 554
77,4
76,1
74,8
77,2
76,8
2005/2006
15 742
77,7
76,7
74,9
77,4
77,1
2006/2007
16 584
78,5
76,3
75,1
76,7
76,7
2007/2008
16 224
77,8
77
76,4
76,7
76,9
2008/2009
16 565
78
76,3
76,8
76,8
77
2009/2010
15 532
78,5
76,8
77,4
77,3
77,5
2010/2011
13 942
78,6
77,6
77,3
77,2
77,7
2011/2012
16 876
78,8
78,7
77,7
77,5
78,2
Share of the young bulls from domestic
breeding and import
100%
zahraniční
domácí
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Czech Fleckvieh ...
• joint genetic evaluation with DE-AT (HU-IT) both,
conventional and genomic
• big emphasis on the demands of our members
– on-line applications
– advisory services
– business/trade opportunity through subsidiary
company
• CZ: exporting country (4000 heifers annually)
• long tradition - experiences - skills
Simmental/Fleckvieh cows are nice and inteligent ...
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