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A separate Galloway herd-book was established in 1878. In 1921 a group of breeders set up the Dun and Belted Galloway Association, which – as the name suggests – registered both belted and dun-coloured animals; its first herd-book was published in 1922. In 1951 registration of non-belted dun cattle was discontinued, and the society changed ...
Galloway cows are of small to medium size, with weights in the range 450–600 kg; bulls normally weigh approximately 800 kg, but may reach weights of over 1000 kg. Heifer calves are born at a weight of some 35 kg, and reach a weight of about 250 kg at an age of thirteen or fourteen months. [4]: 181
Over 1000 breeds of cattle are recognized worldwide, some of which adapted to the local climate, others which were bred by humans for specialized uses. [1]Cattle breeds fall into two main types, which are regarded as either two closely related species, or two subspecies of one species.
The Lakenvelder is finely built and of small to medium size, with a withers height in the range 126–136 cm for cows and averaging 133 cm [4]: 225 or 137 cm for bulls. [ 3 ] : 97 Body weights are variously reported as 500 kg [ 4 ] : 225 or 700 kg for bulls, [ 3 ] : 97 and 450 kg [ 4 ] : 224 or 550 kg for cows.
An American breeder, Richard Gradwohl, has developed eighteen different strains of miniature cattle. [3] Miniature Galloway, Hereford and Holstein have been bred. [2]: 245 [3] In the United States, small zebuine cattle deriving from stock imported from Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Sweden may be registered as "Miniature Zebu"; [2]: 245 in Australia, similar cattle may be known as "Nadudana".
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Galloway Pony: Horse 16th century or earlier Galloway post 1901 [50] Grice: Pig: Unknown Highlands and Islands (also Ireland) c. 1930 [7] Scottish Dunface or Old Scottish Shortwool Sheep Iron Age: Highlands and Islands (previously British Isles) late 19th century [52] (Survives as Shetland, Boreray, North Ronaldsay, Hebridean.)
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