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Welcome

Our History

We have been breeding Piedmontese breed cattle with great passion for generations in Frossasco, near Pinerolo (in the province of Turin), since 1870, following the most modern management techniques without forgetting the past and tradition. For more than a century, the ability and pleasure of living in close contact with animals has been passed down from father to son, respecting their times and the times of nature. In recent years, a new activity has been undertaken in addition to the traditional sale of animals for slaughter, that of naturally producing Piedmontese breed cattle embryos for internal use on the company and for national and foreign export, so much so that the two brothers wanted to form an agricultural company called embryobov. The embryos are produced naturally and completely on the farm. The donors are the mares or heifers of the farm that are chosen for superovulation only after rigorous gynecological health tests. Heifers are preferred because we prefer to focus on the higher quality, vitality and fertility of the embryos that they produce compared to the quantity of those of a mare that must take care of breastfeeding her own calf and that in any case cannot be re-impregnated during this collection period. The negative effect of breastfeeding on the response to superovulation is scientifically known and can only be overcome by forced removal of the calf or with pharmacological treatments that we prefer to avoid. The choice of breeders at the end of their career has not given us much satisfaction in terms of quality and quantity in the production of embryos. The choice of heifers as suppliers of embryos is also due to the fact that the heifer usually produces smaller sized calves and together with the choice of breeding bulls with a high index of ease of reproduction. birth allows us to obtain embryos that can be safely used on recipients of any breed and even on heifers.

"Embryos. Why?"

The opportunity that the PIEMONTESE Breed embryo offers you is above all that of optimizing your company production; The continuous specialization of the dairy cow company has led to depend for almost all of its income on the price of milk. The male calf, in almost all dairy farms has become a real debt, with prices so low that they do not allow to recover the costs for insemination or the feeding necessary for the first 10-15 days of life. On the other hand, thanks to an ever greater use of sexed semen, many companies can decide to allocate only the subjects with the best genetic indexes to the production of the replacement and use the other reproducers both for crosses with beef bulls and with EMBRYOS OF prized meat BREEDS among which the Piedmontese stands out. The Piedmontese cattle breed is a medium-sized cattle breed that converts forage very well and therefore Transforms and enhances your company crops. The quantity of commercial cuts is higher than that of larger breeds. It has very fine bones, a fine and elastic skin, a low quantity of external fat and lean and tender, but tasty meat. The product obtained is therefore a meat with a higher value and with remuneration for niche products. Despite their size, the weight gain of Piedmontese cattle is high, reaching 1.4 kg per day between weaning and slaughter, when the diet and environmental conditions are optimal. The feed conversion rates are extremely high and give Piedmontese a feed efficiency that is decidedly superior to all other cattle breeds. The percentage of yield at slaughter is very high, on average 67-68% in fattening calves, with peaks of 72%, thanks to the extremely fine bones and the low quantity of external fat. All these characteristics make it the most bred meat breed in Italy and among the most appreciated in the world. So why not think about using purebred Piedmontese embryos in addition to the use of meat semen (Limousine, Belgian) to optimize the economic value of the calves sold in your company. The greater economic value of a Piedmontese calf at birth amply repays the cost of purchasing a purebred Piedmontese embryo and allows you to increase the economic value of the animals sold in your company. The greater attention to be paid to birth (which can be avoided by using birth sensors or by inducing it a few days in advance) not so much due to a greater difficulty in birth but to the greater value of the newborn are amply repaid by the economic satisfaction of having purebred animals with a higher economic value within your stable and therefore diversifying your company income.