Abstract The objective of this study was to compare animal-related figures in milk and meat production and economic revenues from milk and animal sales over the last decade of the five most-common dairy cattle breeds in South Tyrol. Auction prices and milk performance control data were considered to calculate milk sales, animal sales and total revenue per cow of the respective breed between January 2009 and December 2019. Results highlight a stepwise substitution of Brown Swiss breed by Simmental breed over the last decade. This is probably related to the greater animal sales and greater total revenue per cow thanks to the dual-purpose characteristics in latter. No significant trend towards the breed Holstein-Friesian was observed although cows of this breed were shown to produce the highest milk yield (MY) per lactation and generated the highest total revenue per cow. Moreover, the local breeds Pinzgauer and Alpine Grey were able to compete in sense of importance as the number of cows remained mainly unaltered over the last decade. Thus, results indicate that although less productive, in sense of MY, local dual-purpose breeds seem to be of high interest for dairy farming systems in an alpine area as the decision for breeds is obviously not only driven by farm income. Highlights Holstein-Friesian is the most productive cattle breed considering milk production per lactation Simmental breed has a similar milk yield as Brown Swiss breed but received higher auction prices for calves and cull cows than latter Pinzgauer and Alpine Grey cows can compete with other breeds thanks to their dual-purpose characteristics, adaptability to alpine farming systems and additional subsidies

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阿尔卑斯地区饲养的五种奶牛品种的牛奶和肉类产量与牛奶和动物销售的经济收入的动物相关数据比较

摘要 本研究的目的是比较过去十年南蒂罗尔五种最常见奶牛品种在牛奶和肉类生产方面的动物相关数据以及牛奶和动物销售的经济收入。2009 年 1 月至 2019 年 12 月期间，拍卖价格和牛奶性能控制数据被考虑用于计算各个品种的牛奶销售额、动物销售额和每头奶牛的总收入。 结果突出显示，西门塔尔品种在过去十年中逐步取代了布朗瑞士品种。这可能与更高的动物销售额和更高的每头奶牛总收入有关，这要归功于后者的双重用途。尽管该品种的奶牛在每个泌乳期的产奶量 (MY) 最高，并且每头奶牛的总收入最高，但并未观察到该品种的显着趋势。此外，当地品种 Pinzgauer 和 Alpine Grey 能够在重要性方面进行竞争，因为在过去十年中奶牛的数量基本保持不变。因此，结果表明，尽管生产力较低，但就 MY 而言，当地两用品种似乎对高山地区的奶牛养殖系统很感兴趣，因为品种的决定显然不仅受农场收入的驱动。