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Contact

Beat Bapst
Schweizer Braunviehzuchverband SBZV
Swiss Brown Cattle Breeders’ Federation SBZV
Chamerstrasse 56
Zug 6300
Switzerland
Tel.  +41 41 729 33 11
E-mail
homepage.braunvieh.ch

Swiss Brown Cattle Breeders’ Federation SBZV, Switzerland

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The Swiss Brown Cattle Breeders’ Federation SBZV is the organization that represents the Brown Cattle Breeders’ interests in Switzerland.

Swiss Brown Cattle Breed is one of the three main dairy breeds in Switzerland and it has a percentage of about 40%.

The Swiss Brown Cattle Breeders’ Federation is growing to the worldwide centre of Brown Cattle Breeding and it staffs the presidency of the World Brown Cattle Breeders’ Association.

SBZV has 51 employees and 11 external experts for linear description and classification (for evaluating conformation traits).

The federation is organized in the following divisions:

  1. Genetics and performance tests
  2. Herdbook and breeding affairs
  3. Promotion & Marketing
  4. Electronic data processing/IT
  5. Support