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BROWN SWISS:FROM EUROPE ALL OVER THE WORLDEUROPEAN BROWN SWISS FEDERATIONThe European Brown Swiss breed is noted all over Europe forits longevity, functionality, adaptability, calving ease, strength,disease resistance and docility. The Brown Swiss breed is raisedworldwide - 10 million head in all but it is very popular in Europewhere the highest numbers of Brown head are raised andtop selective results have been reached.Switzerland, Germany, Italy and Austria are the Europeancountries with the largest concentration of Brown Swiss cattle.The Brown Swiss breed is also popular in France, Spain,Portugal, Slovenia and Romania. Contacts have been madealso with some Eastern European countries: Bulgaria, Croatia,Poland and Russia. Brown Swiss is raised in the USA and it hasbeen the source of new blood lines which have renewed theoriginal European Alpine Brown Breed. The breed is also popularin Canada, South America, some Mediterranean Countriesas well as in Asia, Africa and Australia where it is raised eitheras pure breed or as cross breed with local breeds.