The Chianina
The Chianina, an ancient breed that dates back to Umbro-Etruscan times, has
been raise min Umbria, Tuscany and Latium for over twenty-two centuries.
Ita has a porcelain-white coat with slate-gray skin and black pigmentation
around the natural orifices. Its head is light and expressive and it has
short horns.
The Chianina ha s long cylindrical trunk with a thick wide back and loins,
a broad horizontal rump, long convex-shaped thighs and buttocks, a solid
but lightweight skeletal structure and correct perpendicularity. Calves are
wheat-colored at birth , but by the age of three-four months their coat runs
to the color typical of this breed.
In this breed, which is renowned for its somatic gigantism, calving is completely
spontaneous - even for calves wighing up to 50 kg - thanks to the Chianina's
typical dolichomorphic structure. Cows weigh an average of 800-900 kgs and
wight can often go as high as 1000 kgs. The most famous Chianina bulls have
reached truly outstanding sizes of 1700 kgs in weight, with a height of two
meters at the withers. Growth potential in the best subjects can exceed
2 kgs a day. Ideal slaughter weight is 650-700 kgs at ana age of 16-18 months,
for a yield of 64-65%.
Chianina beef is famous for its excellence as well as for its good nutritional
value.