PERFECT REDS THE CURRENT STATE OF BREEDING OF THE NORDIC VIKINGRED DAIRY BREEDS
The article presents the current dairy breeding situation in the countries consolidating three Nordic dairy red breeds into common breeding programme VikingRed, i.e. in Finland, Sweden and Denmark. The background of merging Finnish Ayrshire, Swedish Red and Red Danish breeds into a single breeding programme is described, as well as methods and tools of their breeding.