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SIMMENTAL [6 records]

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Record 1 2025-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cattle Raising
CONT

Simmental is an influential breed of cattle whose history dates back to the Middle Ages. Early records indicate that Simmental cattle were the result of a cross between large German cattle and a smaller breed indigenous to Switzerland. The name Simmental is derived from the name of the area where the cattle were first bred-the Simme Valley.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des bovins
CONT

Le Simmental est une race mixte originaire du Canton de Berne en Suisse (Vallée de la Simme). Elle est répandue dans toute l'Europe mais est très présente dans le sud de l'Allemagne et en Autriche […]

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Cattle Raising
OBS

The SSA exists to encourage and promote the breeding of Simmental cattle in Saskatchewan.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Élevage des bovins

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Cattle Raising
OBS

The Alberta Simmental Association's goal is to promote Simmental genetics to commercial and purebred breeders across the province.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Élevage des bovins

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Animal Hygiene and Sanitation (Agric.)
OBS

Mission Statement : To represent and assist the breeders of Ontario in the development and marketing of Simmental.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Hygiène des animaux (Agric.)

Spanish

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Record 5 1993-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Science
  • Animal Anatomy
DEF

The distribution of flesh on animals.

CONT

Animals with the frame size and degree of fleshing of Simmental will require more total ration than their smaller framed counterpart but they have a higher rate of feed efficiency.(Document on the Simmental breed).

OBS

In Canada, the term "fleshing" is sometimes incorrectly used to mean the finish of the carcass ["état d’engraissement", in French].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zootechnie
  • Anatomie animale
CONT

(...) Chez les croisés Brown Swiss, la faible charnure des morceaux nobles est compensée par leur longueur (...).

OBS

Conformation musculaire d'une carcasse; teneur en maigre.

Spanish

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Record 6 1988-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Housing Facilities
CONT

Winter feed costs for Hereford. Simmental costs are $7. 00(moderate housing) or $11. 00(bedded mounds) per head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logement des animaux d'élevage

Spanish

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