HOLSTEIN.CA

1 LOW 5 INTERMEDIATE 9 HIGH

1 NARROW 5 INTERMEDIATE 9 WIDE

1 WIDE 5 CENTRE 9 CLOSE

1 DEEP

UDDER DEPTH from hock to floor of udder

5 INTERMEDIATE 9 SHALLOW

1 FLESHY

UDDER TEXTURE softness and expandability

5 INTERMEDIATE 9 SOFT

1 WEAK

MEDIAN SUSPENSORY depth of cleft (fore/rear)

FORE ATTACHMENT attachment to abdominal wall

FRONT TEAT PLACEMENT teat placement from centre of quarter

REAR ATTACHMENT HEIGHT milk secreting tissue to base of vulva

REAR ATTACHMENT WIDTH width at milk secreting tissue

REAR TEAT PLACEMENT teat placement from centre of quarter

5 INTERMEDIATE 9 STRONG

1 WEAK 5 INTERMEDIATE 9 STRONG

1 WIDE

mammary system

5 CENTRE 9 CLOSE

1 SHORT 5 INTERMEDIATE 9 LONG

TEAT LENGTH average length of rear teats

mammary system

1 HIGH

RUMP ANGLE height of pin bones relative to height of hook bones

5 INTERMEDIATE 9 LOW

1 NARROW

PIN WIDTH point of pin to point of pin

5 INTERMEDIATE 9 WIDE

1 WEAK

LOIN STRENGTH strength of vertabrae between back and rump

5 INTERMEDIATE 9 STRONG

rump

1 BACK

THURL PLACEMENT Horizontal position of thurl between the hook and pin bones

5 INTERMEDIATE 9AHEAD

20 80 35 65 50 50

STATURE height at rump

HEIGHT AT FRONT END corresponding height at front end1 SHORT 5 INTERMEDIATE 9 TALL

1 LOW 5 LEVEL 9 HIGH CHEST WIDTH width of chest floor

BODY DEPTH depth of body at the rear rib

ANGULARITY angle, openness and spring of ribs

1 NARROW 5 INTERMEDIATE 9 WIDE

1 SHALLOW 5 INTERMEDIATE 9 DEEP

1 NON-ANGULAR 5 INTERMEDIATE 9 ANGULAR

dairy strength

1 LOW 5 INTERMEDIATE 9 HIGH

BODY CONDITION SCORE amount of fat deposition in the tailhead, loin and pelvic region

HEEL DEPTH depth of heel on outside claw

BONE QUALITY flatness of bone

REAR LEGS-SIDE VIEW degree of curvature

FOOT ANGLE angle of hairline

1 LOW 5 INTERMEDIATE 9 STEEP

1 SHALLOW 5 INTERMEDIATE 9 DEEP

1 COARSE 5 INTERMEDIATE 9 FLAT

1 STRAIGHT 5 INTERMEDIATE 9 CURVED

1 HOCKED-IN 5 INTERMEDIATE 9 STRAIGHT

REAR LEGS-REAR VIEW turn of hock when viewed from the rear

feet & legs

classificationenhancing your herd management

high producinglong lastingtrouble free