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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