Limousin breed

Limousin breed has a suit of red, golden-red or red-brown with light shades of the lower abdomen. The head is short. The forehead is wide. The body is harmonious. Well pronounced meat forms. The skeleton is thin, the muscles developed. Legs and hooves strong. Chest deep, with round ribs. Sacrum wide. The horns and hooves are bright. Around the nasal mirror and the eyes are bright edging. When it is crossed with other breeds, it steadfastly transfers to the offspring valuable biological and economic characteristics. The height of limousines at the withers is 127-138 cm.

Productivity

Live weight of cows reaches 580-600 kg, bulls 1000-1100 kg. The average annual yield is 1500-1800 kg. Milk fat content is 4.8-5%. Fecundity of cattle is 90-95%. Calves are born large, but not wide-bodied, with a mass of 34-42 kg. Live weight of calves grown on suction reaches 240-300 kg by 6-8 months. Slaughter yield 63-65%

Breeding areas

In Russia, limousine cattle are bred in the Central Federal District. There are 72 countries in the world on 5 continents where cattle breeders grow cows of this breed, in particular, in the USA, Canada, Hungary, Austria.

Breed advantages

Limousine breed of cows unpretentious in keeping and feeding. Fertile. Calving is light. Crawling can and pasture. With plenty of roughage and protection from the wind, cows easily tolerate frosts of 20-35 ° C. Life expectancy of cattle is up to 15 years. Meat in the carcass 82-85%. It is very delicate, fine-fiber, with a small amount of cholesterol, has excellent taste and culinary qualities. The rear third of the body, where the best varieties of meat are located, is very well developed. Meat in animal carcasses at the age of one year is already mature, with pronounced marbling. 1 kg of bones accounts for up to 6.5 kg of pulp. The fat content in meat is 7-10%.