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Almost a quarter of livestock gross production is beef meat. [3] Some common breeds of cattle in the Basque Country include Betizu, Monchina, Pirenaica, and Terreña. However, the breed that is used most often in the meat industry is Pirenaica. [4] Of all of the breeds used in meat production in this region, this is the only breed that is ...
The Duchess was involved in the breeding of several different dog breeds, including Borzois, Fox Terriers (both Smooth and Wire), Whippets, Scottish Deerhounds and Clumber Spaniels; the breed named after the ancestral home of the Dukes of Newcastle. [3] She was a well-known conformation show judge of the breeds she was involved with. [5]
Livestock production is a contributing factor in species extinction, desertification, [59] and habitat destruction. [60] Meat is considered one of the prime factors contributing to the current sixth mass extinction .
American staghounds have been known by various names including the "Longdog of the Prairie" and the "American lurcher"; one version is referred to as the "Cold-Blooded Greyhound", these dogs tend to be smooth-coated animals that resemble large Greyhounds, with Greyhounds being the predominant breed in their ancestry and other sighthound blood ...
[2]: 5 A few breeds of sheep, such as the Castlemilk Moorit from Scotland, were formed through crossbreeding with wild European mouflon. [3] The urial (O. vignei) was once thought to have been a forebear of domestic sheep, as they occasionally interbreed with mouflon in the Iranian part of their range.
Dual-purpose breeds include many of the Zebu breeds of India such as Tharparkar and Ongole Cattle. There are multiple continental breeds that were bred for this purpose as well. The original Simmental/Fleckvieh from Switzerland is a prime example. Not only are they a dual-purpose breed for beef and dairy, but in the past they were also used for ...
This is a list of the cattle breeds usually considered to have originated in Spain. Local name English name, if any Notes
The Basco-béarnaise is a sheep breed from the Northern Basque Country and Béarn.Its characteristics are long, white wool, curved horns, weighing up to 80 kg (180 lb). It is mainly a dairy sheep and the milk (7.42% fat content, 5.39% proteins) is used to make the AOC Ossau-Iraty che