Piedmontese

Els, Heleen C.

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Piedmontese

Els, Heleen C.

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/13521

Date: 2009

Abstract:

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Northwest Italy.

SIZE: Large.

COLOUR: Cows: White to light grey, Bulls: grey with dark forequarters.

PURPOSE: Beef/dairy.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Excellently double muscled, bulls dress out at 60%. Selected for ease of calving, and calves are born quite slender but with age develop into double-muscled animals.

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The colour slides have been scanned with a HP ScanJet 5590 scanner; 24-bit true colour, 600 dpi, saved in JPEG-format. Downscaling was done with Adobe Photoshop.

Photo 1: Original scanned document size: (w)86.08 x (h)56.87 cm. Final web-ready size: (w)7.62 x(h)5.03 cm, 53.97 kb, 150 ppi. Estimated download time: 20 sec. @ 28.8 kbps.

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