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Ayrshire
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Ayrshire
a hardy breed of Scottish dairy cattle with a white haircoat splashed with large patches of bay (red-brown) to brown coloring, and long, upward pointing (lyre) horns. Their temperament is inclined to be irascible. Known to carry an inherited predisposition to congenital lymphatic vessel obstruction.


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The breed shows began in earnest today, with Ayrshires, Jerseys and Holsteins judging.
Their nearest rivals, Ayrshires, had a productive life of 27.
For somatic cell score, genetic trends were small but unfavorable, except for Ayrshires and Brown Swiss.
 
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