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The Belgian Red (known in Dutch as Rood West-Vlaams and in French as Rouge de Flandre occidentale, literally "Red West-Flemish") is a cattle breed from Flanders in Belgium and Northern France. It is considered in danger of extinction.
The breed was developed in Denmark based on local breeds bred with Angeln cattle [4] from Angeln, Schleswig.Danish Red cattle (and, earlier, Angeln cattle) have been imported to many other countries and have been used to improve and form many local breeds, [5] such as Lithuanian Red, Estonian Red, [6] Latvian Red, Polish Red, Belarus Red, [7] [8] Tambov Red (Russian Red), Bulgarian Red, etc.
The Red Angus is an international breed of beef cattle characterised by a reddish-brown coat colour. It derives from the Scottish Aberdeen Angus population and is identical to it in all but coat colour. Red Angus are registered separately from black Angus cattle in Australia, Canada, and the United States. [4]
Red Poll heifers at the Walcha Show, New South Wales, Australia. The Red Poll is a dual-purpose breed of cattle developed in England in the latter half of the 19th century. The Red Poll is a cross of the Norfolk Red beef cattle and Suffolk Dun dairy cattle breeds.
Cattle are large artiodactyls, mammals with cloven hooves, meaning that they walk on two toes, the third and fourth digits. Like all bovid species, they can have horns, which are unbranched and are not shed annually. [5] Coloration varies with breed; common colors are black, white, and red/brown, and some breeds are spotted or have mixed colors ...
Swedish Red or Swedish Red Cattle may refer to any one of several red Swedish cattle breeds, including: Swedish Red-and-White ( Swedish : Svensk Röd och Vit Boskap or SRB), a dairy breed Swedish Red Pied , ( Swedish : Rödbrokig Svensk Boskap or RSB), a former dairy breed now merged into the above
An Estonian Red cow in the barn of Estonian University of Life Sciences near Tartu. The Estonian Red (Estonian: Eesti punane veis) is an Estonian breed of dairy cattle.It was developed in the second half of the nineteenth century from cross-breeding of local cattle with imported stock of the Angeln, Danish Red and North Slesvig Red breeds.
The black gene is dominant to the red gene much like the Holsteins. Producers who are using the Norwegian Red for crossbreeding outside of Norway have the option of using either red or black sires if color is important to them. [14] Norwegian Red cows weigh about 575 kg or about 1,200 pounds while bulls weigh about 1000 kg or about 2,000 pounds ...