Braunvieh
(most common name)

(transboundary/brand name):
• Brown Swiss
(local/other name):
• Beef Brown Swiss

The Original Swiss Brown is known as ‘Braunvieh’ in Canada and the USA.

In 1968, a Swiss Brown bull named ‘Aron’ was imported into Canada. Aron was impressively muscular — so the Canadians started a breeding program using Aron as a foundation sire and selecting for beef purposes.

In the USA, the Braunvieh began with authentic Original Swiss Brown cattle imported from Switzerland in 1983.

• 1984 - Braunvieh Association of America organized and incorporated; foundation cattle recorded as Original Swiss Brown (containing no American Brown Swiss influence)

This page was last updated on: 2023-05-15

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