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The Baudet du Poitou, also called the Poitevin or Poitou donkey, is a French breed of donkey. It is one of the largest breeds, and jacks (donkey stallions) were bred to mares of the Poitevin horse breed to produce Poitevin mules, which were formerly in worldwide demand for agricultural and other work.
Poitevin mares were put to jacks of the large Baudet du Poitou breed of donkey; the resulting Poitevin mules were in demand for agricultural and other work in many parts of the world, including Russia and the United States. [4]: 271 In the early twentieth century there were some 50,000 brood mares producing between 18,000 and 20,000 mules per year.
Donkey breeding has minimal economic significance, ... There was a well-known mule industry in Poitou, from where Poitevin mules were exported to numerous countries.
Poitevin mule with pack-saddle at the Salon International de l'Agriculture in Paris in 2013. The Poitevin mule or French: mule Poitevine is a type of large mule from the former province of Poitou in western central France. It is the product of mating between a Baudet du Poitou jack or donkey stallion with a mare of the Poitevin Mulassier breed ...
This is a list of the breeds of ass or donkey considered in France to be of French origin. [1] [2] Recognised breeds. Baudet du Poitou; Bourbonnais Donkey;
the Poitou donkey was developed for the sole purpose of the jacks being mated with mares to produce mules. It is a large donkey breed with a very long shaggy coat and no dorsal stripe: Benderi: Iran: Biyang: China: Bourik: Haiti: Brasil: Venezuela: Bulgaro: Venezuela: Bulgarian donkey: Bulgaria: Burro: Mexico, Nicaragua, United States
The term mammoth donkey or mammoth jack is both an informal term for a large male donkey and a term sometimes applied generically to some specific large donkey breeds or landraces. The American mammoth donkey or mammoth jack; The baudet de Poitou or Poitevin donkey
Poitou donkey (the Poitou; French: baudet poitevine; baudet de Poitou; English: Poitevin donkey; Baudet de Poitou), a French breed of donkey; Poitou goat (the Poitou; French: chèvre poitevine; English: Poitevin goat), a French breed of goat