ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA ALLEVATORI ENTE MORALE D.P.R. N. 1051 DEL 27-10-1950 UFFICIO CENTRALE DEI CONTROLLI DELLA PRODUTTIVITÁ ANIMALE SOTTOPOSTO ALLA VIGILANZA DEL MINISTERO DELLE POLITICHE AGRICOLE E FORESTALI Milk recording activity Official Statistics 2016
TABLE LIST TABLES OF DAIRY CATTLE 1. Milk recording 2. Average lactation 3. Median of lactation 4. Monthly calving distribution 5. Calving and Abortion 6. Sex distribution 7. Herd size and cow distribution 8. Average age at calving 9. Median od days open 10. State of farm structure 11. 18. Summary of recording in the years TABLES OF SHEEPS 19. Milk recording 20. Average lactation 21. Median of lactation 22. Monthly calving distribution 23. Sex distribution 24. Herd size and cow distribution 25. Average age at calving 26. 30. Summary of recording in the years TABLES OF GOATS 31. Milk recording 32. Average lactation 33. Median of lactation 34. Monthly calving distribution 35. Sex distribution 36. Herd size and cow distribution 37. Average age at calving 38. 42. Summary of recording in the years TABLES OF BUFFALOES 43. Milk recording 44. Average lactation 45. Median of lactation 46. Monthly calving distribution 47. Sex distribution 48. Herd size and cow distribution 49. Average age at calving 50. 54. Summary of recording in the years 55. Milk recording Inspection office activity EXPLANATORY NOTES Statistiche Ufficiali Official Statistics - 2016 Page 2 of 7
Glossario dei termini tecnici Glossary of technical terms Glossaire des termes techniques Wörterverzeichnis technischor Ausdrücke Aborti Abortion (s) Avortements (s) Abort (e) Allevamento (i) Herd (s) Troupeau (x) Herde (n) a.m.g. Year, Month, Day An, Mois, Jour Jahr (e), Monat (e), Tag (e) Andamento Course Cours Verlauf Capo (i) Head (s) Tête Stück Classe (i) Class (es) Classe (s) Klasse (n) Controllato (i) Recorded Contrôlé (s) Geprüft (e) Distribuzione Distribution Distribution Vertellung Età media Average age Age moyen Durchschnittsalter Grasso Butterfat Matière grasse Fett Incidenza Incidence Incidence Verbreltung Interparto (i) Interval Calving Intervalle entre les vêlages Zwischenkalbezelt Lattazione (i) Lactation (s) Lactation (s) Laktation (en) Latte Milk Lait Milch Lunghezza Length Longueur Länge Media Average (s) Moyenne (s) Durchschnitt (e) Nascita Birth Naissance Geburt Parto (i) Calving (s) Vêlages Adkalbung (en) Parto-concepimento Calving-Conception Vêlages-Conception Adkalbung-Konzeption Primipare Cow at 1^ calving Vache au 1^ vêlages Kuh Nach dem 1^ Kalb Produttività Productivity Productivité Leistungsfähigkeit Produzione Yield (s) Production (s) Leistung (en) Proteine Proteins Matière azotée Protein Provincia (ce) Province (s) Province Provinz (en) Quartipare Cow at 4^ calving Vache au 4^ vêlages Kuh Nach dem 4^ Kalb Rapporto tra i sessi Sex distribution Proportion des sexes Geschlechtsverhältnis Razza (e) Breed (s) Race (s) Rasse (n) Regione (i) Region (s) Région (s) Land (Länder) Secondipare Cow at 2^ calving Vache au 2^ vêlages Kuh Nach dem 2^ Kalb Situazione Situation Situation Situation Terzipare Cow at 3^ calving Vache au 3^ vêlages Kuh Nach dem 3^ Kalb Trimestrale Quarterly Trimestriel (le) Vierteliährlich Zona (e) Area (s) Zone (s) Gebier (e) EXPLANATORY NOTES Statistiche Ufficiali Official Statistics - 2016 Page 3 of 7
According to Governmental Decrees 24-5-1967 and 18-4-2000 and Law 15-1-1991 n.30, the Italian Breeders Association (A.I.A.) carries out the activity of recording dairy cattle productivity. Official Milk Recording are executed according to the A4, A6, B and Authomatic Milking System methods of the International Agreement. All over the Italian territory, the Provincial Breeders Associations (A.P.A. s) organize the activity by their own staff who collect required data in the recorded farms. Data are then transmitted to the Computing Center of A.I.A. s Central Office, where they are processed, and promptly sent back to the Provincial Offices. Results of the milk recordings on dairy cattle carried out from October the 1 st September the 30 th 2016 (simply called year ) are reported in this publication. 2015 to Data are collected from 95 provinces. Provinces with less than 50 observations are not reported in the following tables. Tables of series n.1 show the situation of milk recording during the year with regard to closed lactations of milk recorded cows, recorded farms, and the average numbers of milk recorded cows per farm. The total number of milk recorded cows is 1,386,275 located in 17,402 farms with an average of 79.7 head per farm. Starting from 1991, only the real number of milk recorded farms are reported, i.e. farms are included in the total amount only once, regardless of the number of breeds. The number of closed lactations is 999,503; 864,246 of them are more than 200 days long. In Northern Italy 1,189,598 cows were recorded, representing 85.8% of the entire population. They are located in 14,149 farms averaging 84.08 heard per farm. In Central Italy, 55,257 cows were controlled in 815 farms, representing 4.0% of the entire population averaging 67.80 heads per farm. In Southern Italy and Islands 141,420 cows are located in 2,438 farms with an average of 58.01 heads per farm. The distribution of milk recorded cows by breed is: Italian Friesian 1,106,461 (93.01% of the total number of milk recorded cows), Italian Brown swiss breed 79,092 (6.65%), Italian Simmenthal breed 52,356 (4.40%). Tables of series n.2 refer to average milk production and average fat and protein percentage separately for cows at first, second, third and further calving. Productions refer to conventional 305 days lactations. 864,246 recorded lactations have over 200 days length. For this subset the average production is kg. 8,844 ± 2,449 with fat percentage of 3.74 ± 0.57 and protein percentage of 3.30 ± 0.26. The Italian Fiesian breed has an average milk yield of kg. 9,411 ± 2,149 with fat percentage of 3.70 ± 0.53 and protein percentage of 3.26 ± 0.32. The Italian Brown Swiss breed presents an average milk yield of kg. 7,192 ± 1,947 with fat percentage of 4.01 ± 0.50 and protein percentage of 3.54 ± 0.26. The Italian Simmenthal breed has an average yield of kg. 6,678 ± 1,845 with fat percentage of 3.89 ± 0.51 and protein percentage of 3.39 ± 0.31. EXPLANATORY NOTES Statistiche Ufficiali Official Statistics - 2016 Page 4 of 7
Tables of series n.3 refer to median value 1 of 789,714 lactations with a length between 200 and 500 days; considering all data, the median value is 327 days. The median value for the Italian Brown swiss breed is 329 while for the Italian Friesian breed it is 331 days. Tables of series n.4 show the monthly calving distribution from July the 1 st 2015 to June the 30 th 2016. Tables of series n.5 report the distribution of calvings and abortions from July the 1 st 2015 to June the 30 th 2016. Abortions are 0.80% of the total observations. Only late abortions giving rise to new lactations have been considered. Distribution by sex and incidence of twin calvings from July the 1 st 2015 to June the 30 th 2016 are shown in tables of series n.6. Twin calvings are 2.45% of the total number of calvings. Percentage of male at birth is 51.15%. Tables of series n.7 report the distribution of farms and of recorded cows per farm. 8.8% of farms have less than 6 cows which represents 0.3% of recorded cows. Farms with less than 20 cows are 34.3% of the total number and include 4.3% of recorded cows. The corresponding values for the Italian Brown Swiss breed are 80.6% and 39.3% and for the Italian Friesian breed they are 29.3% and 2.3% respectively. Tables of series n.8 report the average age at calving (expressed in years, months and days) separately for the first four calvings, for all calvings and the average lactation number. Only cows whose birth date is certainly known have been considered. The average age at first calving is 2 years 4 months and 4 days; at second calving is 3 years 6 months and 8 days; at third calving 4 years 8 months and 1 days; at fourth calving 5 years 9 months and 29 days. The average calving age for the Italian Brown Swiss breed is 2 years 7 months and 21 days at first calving and 3 years 9 months and 27 days at second calving; for Italian Friesian breed it is 2 years 3 months and 14 days at first calving and 3 years 5 months and 17 days. The average lactation number is 2.43. Appreciable differences across Provinces have been found. Tables of series n.9 show the median value of days open separately for the first 5 calvings and for the total observations 2. The median value of days open for all calving is 134 days, 129 days for primiparouses, 137 days for second calving cows, 137 days for third calving cows; values for the Italian Brown Swiss breed and Italian Friesian breed respectively 136 and 139 days. Tables from n.11 to n.18 summarize the processed data of 55 years of activity of the Central Office. Totals for each year from 1962 to 2016 are shown. Tables from n.19 to n.30 report the milk recording data of sheep from September the 1 st 2014 to August the 31 st 2015 (simply called year ). Data are monthly collected by official trained staff according to the special rules for sheep milk recording updated by Governmental Decree 8-1-1996. Tables of series n.19 show the situation of sheep milk recordings with regard to closed lactations in the year. Data are about total number of sheep, number of flocks and average number of recorded milk sheep per flock. 1 The median value rather than the average is used in case of distributions that are obviously not normal. 2 Only cows whose conception dates are knows have been considered. EXPLANATORY NOTES Statistiche Ufficiali Official Statistics - 2016 Page 5 of 7
Sheep are 363,141 distributed in 1,971 flocks with an average of 184.2 sheep per flock. In Northern and Central Italy milk recorded sheep are 39,450 (10.9% of the total number); in Southern Italy sheep are 15,348 (4.2%); in Sardinia and Sicily sheep are 308.343 (84.9%). Sarda breed are 217,491, 98,632 Valle del Belice breed, 13,229 Comisana breed, 8,054 Pinzirita breed, 8,059 Massese breed, 2,462 delle Langhe breed, 3,044 Lacaune breed, 1,474 Nera di Arbus breed, 1,087 Moscia Leccese breed, 1,298 Assaf breed, 524 Barbaresca breed. Tables of series n.20 report the average milk production separately for first lambing ewes under 18 months of age, for first lambing ewes over 18 months of age, for pluriparous ewes and for all the ewes. Milk production has been considered from the 31 st day after lambing to the end of the lactation. Tables of series n.21 show the median value of length of lactations. Tables of series n.22 report the monthly distribution of lambing from July the 1 st 2015 to June the 30 th 2016. Tables of series n.23 report the incidence of twin lambings between July the 1 st 2015 and June the 30 th 2016. Twin lambings are 25.98% of all lambings. Tables of series n.24 show the distribution of flocks and sheep per flock. 10.3% of all flocks have less than 50 sheep, which amount to the 1.7% of all recorded sheep; flocks with a number of sheep between 50 and 100 are 18.5% and include 7.8% of recorded sheep. Tables of series n.25 show the average number of sheep at lambing (expressed in years, months and days) for the first four lambings separately and for the total number. Only those sheep which birth date is known have been considered. The average age for ewes at first lambing is 2 years, 0 months and 3 days, for ewes at second lambing is 2 years, 10 months and 21 days; for ewes at third lambing is 3 years, 9 months and 13 days, at fourth lambing if is 4 years, 8 months and 18 days. Tables from n.26 to n.30 summarize the results of processed data during 42 years of milk recording in sheep. Tables from series n.31 to n.37 report the milk recording data of goats from October the 1 st 2015 to September the 30 th 2016 monthly collected by official trained staff to the special rules for milk recording updated by Governmental Decree 8-1-1996. Recorded goats are 63,780 located in 810 farms with an average of 78.7 goats per farm. Lactation of 150 days is considered for goats at first lambing (up to 18 months of age), while for all other goats lactation length is 210 days. The average milk production for goats at first lambing is 290 ± 140 litres and for the pluriparous of 329 ± 223 litres. Tables from n.38 to n.42 summarize the results of processed data during 36 years of milk recording in goats. Tables of series from n.43 to 49 report the recording data of buffaloes from October the 1 st 2015 to September the 30 th 2016. EXPLANATORY NOTES Statistiche Ufficiali Official Statistics - 2016 Page 6 of 7
Table n.43 shows that milk recorded buffalo cows are 61,060 located in 286 farms with an average of 213.5 buffalo cows per farm. In table n.44 the average milk production, calculated over 40,201 lactations of 150 to 270 days of length, is kg. 2,312 ± 639. The fat percentage is 7.90 ± 0.87 while the protein percentage is 4.61 ± 0.30. Table 44/B reports the average production in those provinces where one milking per day is practiced. Table 45 reports the median value (276 days) of the 36,659 lactations whose length is between 200 and 500 days. In table 46 the monthly distribution of calving during the period from July the 1 st 2015 to June the 30 th 2016 are reported. Sex distribution and incidence of twin calvings are shown in table n.47. Twin calvings represent 0.33% of all calvings. Table 48 shows herd distribution by herd size. Table n.49 shows the average age of buffalo cows at calving (expressed in years, months and days) separately for the first four calvings and then all of them simultaneously and the average number of lactations. Only buffaloes which birth date is known have been considered. The average age of buffalo cows at first calving is 3 years, 3 months and 18 days, for those at second calving it is 4 years, 7 months and 29 days, for those at third calving it is 5 years 10 months and 2 days, for those at fourth calving 6 years, 11 months and 25 days. The average number of lactations is 3.32. Appreciable differences across provinces have been found. Table from n.50 to n.54 summarize the results of processed data during 40 years of milk recording on buffaloes. In table 55 the activity of Service for Recording Control are reported. The activities are performed by Recording Inspectors. Data are referred to the period January the 1 st December the 31 st 2014. The table shows: number of inspections in farms during official recording, number of inspections in Provincial recording Offices, number of recording repetitions and farm ID where recording repetitions were performed. EXPLANATORY NOTES Statistiche Ufficiali Official Statistics - 2016 Page 7 of 7