The Australian Braunvieh Association

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The Australian Braunvieh Breed Standard

The Australian Braunvieh Association Inc was incorporated in July 1994 after a restructure from the Australian Brown Swiss and Braunvieh Association which had been incorporated in 1989. Preceeding that the ABS&BA was formed out of a combined breeding group formed in 1974.

The ABA Inc has the Australian Business Number – 81 702 015 131.
The ABA Inc website is braunvieh.org.au

Benefit from Braunvieh

List of Registered Braunvieh AI Sires

Only semen or service from Braunvieh sires recorded and registered with the Association may be used if the progeny are to be registered. Please refer to the current Sire List when recording name and herdbook number.

For addition of new sires to this list, the Breeder/Importer/Distributor must supply the animals full name, country of origin, herdbook number and a copy of its three generation official pedigree to the Secretary for confirmation and recording.

Skin
The skin can be thick but still remain pliable. Nose, tongue and eyelids are grey to dark grey with remaining areas grey or tanned. Dewlap is more apparent on the neck than the navel.

Head
The breed is naturally horned. Polled or scurred animals are acceptable in the Herdbook, and dehorned, polled, scurred or horned animals may be shown without prejudice. The ears are larger and set more at right angles to the head with a slight droop but alert. The eyes are large and dark with a well developed eyebrow.
Overall head length is medium and not extreme in width. Muzzle is broad with large open nostrils and strong even jaw.

Neck
The neck is medium in length. A dewlap is a common characteristic in males and females and indicates skin mobility with adaptability to climate extremes.

Chest
The chest should be broad and deep. Shoulders evenly laid into the body and not extending above the spine.

Body
Should show good spring of ribs and depth. A moderate navel dewlap is acceptable. Back should be strong and level to hip with a slight slope from hip to pins. Wide at pins and rump broad with well developed muscle on rump and thighs.

Legs
Front legs straight, with laid back shoulder and good spacing between knees.
Back legs strong, well fleshed and good spacing between hocks. The stifle should extend well forward giving a deep flank and range of suspension in the walk. The hock should be clearly defined between the tendon and bone giving length of stride and balanced gait.

Feet
May be large but maintaining correct angle and good depth of heel while not being either turned in or out. Hooves are dark grey in colour with no light stripes.

In general, females need to appear feminine with medium muscling and particular attention to sound udder structure and capacity for which the breed is noted.
Males must be masculine with well developed muscle and reproductive organs.

Braunvieh Breed Standard part 2
Varying from the ideal but acceptable
- lower eyelid may be light brown or tan
- excessive size or lack of size
- excessive fat
- small amount of white on underbelly
- rump flat with insufficient slope from hip to pin
- lack of spring of rib or flat sided
- fine bone
- bulls with a pale colour along spine
- Black Braunvieh may be registered but designated as such on the pedigree and entered in a separate section of the herdbook.

Undesirable
- bad temperament
- white tail switch
- white patches on body, face or legs
- "open eye" little or no eyebrow with no channel
- straight or protruding shoulder blade
- "post leg" too straight from the stifle to the hock
- "sickle hock" hind leg too angled with stifle
- weak pasterns with insufficient depth of heel
- hocks too close from rear view
- feet toe in, toe out or uneven
- uneven testes
- poor rump or eye muscle development
- uneven udder symmetry
- pendulous udder with weak attachment
- funnel or bottle shaped teats

These defects may be present in all groups of cattle and it should be understood that the incidence of faults in Braunvieh is quite low due to the long time selection for functional traits. The complexity of genetics includes various degrees of a trait to be exhibited, which may not be shown by simply the presence or absence of one trait.
It is not all black or white, but shades of brown.
This Breed Standard intends to provide a guide to assess an ideal Braunvieh animal.