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This is a list of some of the cattle breeds considered in Austria to be wholly or partly of Austrian origin. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively Austrian. [1]
Pages in category "Cattle breeds originating in Austria" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Horns, hooves and mucosas are mostly pigment free. [2] The breed was once popular as a draft and beef animal but in the 18th century was replaced by Murboden Cattle, Pinzgau Cattle, or Carinthian Blondvieh. The animals are fully developed after two years in the Alps, so they count as the earliest maturing alpine cattle breed.
The Bavarian Pinzgauer Cattle Breeding Association was founded in 1896. By December 1890, the Pinzgauer population had grown to 101,880 in Bavaria, but it eventually collapsed as a result of industrialization after World War I. Demand for the cattle decreased, and the breed was replaced by better milk-producing breeds such as Fleckvieh cattle ...
The Tux-Zillertal, German: Tux-Zillertaler, is an endangered Austrian breed of domestic cattle. It was created in 1982 when two similar Alpine breeds, the Tux and the Zillertal, were merged. [2]: 317 [1] The two names derive from those of the municipality of Tux in the Tuxertal, and of the neighbouring Zillertal, both in the Tirol region of ...
The breed's date of origin is unknown. Dr. Adolf Gstirner sees the Blondvieh as descendant of Slovene cattle that came to Carinthia during the early medieval Slavic settlement of the Eastern Alps. They were crossed with Franconian Gelbvieh to develop a new breed which was officially formed by 1890. [2]
This category contains lists of some of the domestic animal breeds usually considered in Austria to be wholly or partly of Austrian origin. Pages in category "Lists of Austrian domestic animal breeds"
In Austria, as in most other eastern countries, the government has played an important role in agriculture since the end of World War II. [1] The government has concentrated on mitigating social, regional, economic, and even environmental consequences of the sector's decline, as well as delaying the decline itself.