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The breed was officially recognised and named "Agerolese" in 1952, and the breed standard was approved in the same year. At that time the breed numbered 2760 head. [2]: 6 A census of the breed completed on 1 January 2002 found a total of 200 head, of which 103 were adult (18 bulls and 85 cows).
Cattle breeds fall into two main types, which are regarded as either two closely related species, or two subspecies of one species. Bos indicus (or Bos taurus indicus ) cattle, commonly called zebu, are adapted to hot climates and originated in the tropical parts of the world such as India, Sub-saharan Africa, China, and Southeast Asia.
Døla Cattle: traditional breed, merged into Norwegian Red in 1963,: 46 endangered-maintained: 86 Lyngdalsfe: Lyngdal: traditional breed, merged into the Sør og Vestlandsfe in 1947, extinct: 108 Norsk Rødt Fe: Norwegian Red: modern composite breed, formed 1961 by merger of Østlansk Rødkolle and Norsk Rødt og Hvitt Fe
In 1937 a new breed, the Swedish Polled (Swedish: Svensk Kullig Boskap or SKB), was created with the intention of merging the Rödkulla with the Fjällras, a quite different breed of mountain cattle. [ 5 ] : 307 [ 6 ] Breeders did not accept the new classification, and continued to maintain separate bloodlines as before.
As in other breeds of grey cattle, the calves are born wheat-coloured but become grey at about three months. [ 11 ] : 112 The skin is black, as are the natural openings. The horns are light, lyre-shaped in cows, half-moon-shaped in bulls; they are slate-grey in young animals, becoming pale at the base and dark at the tip with maturity.
This is a list of cattle herd books (breed registries) ... List. Breed Book Publisher Aberdeen-Angus: Aberdeen Angus Herd Book: Aberdeen Angus Cattle Society [1]
The Swedish Polled, Swedish: Svensk Kullig Boskap, often abbreviated to SKB, is a Swedish breed of domestic cattle. It was created in 1937 from two different Swedish cattle breeds, the Swedish Red Polled and the Fjäll. Breeders did not accept the new classification, and continued to maintain separate bloodlines as before.
The Rätisches Grauvieh is an endangered Swiss breed of cattle from the Graubünden in eastern Switzerland. It is a smaller type of the Tiroler Grauvieh breed of Alpine grey cattle. In the 1920s it was absorbed into the Braunvieh population. In 1985 the population was re-established by the introduction of cattle of the similar Albula type from ...