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Podolian cattle is a group of cattle breeds characterised by grey coats and upright and often long horns that are thought to have originated in the Podolian steppe. [1] Breeds in this group include: Podolian Grey Steppe breeds from Eastern Europe Hungarian Grey / Hungarian Steppe cattle (Hungary) Slavonian-Syrmian Podolian (Croatia)
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.
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[3]: 319 Until the beginning of the twentieth century the Ukrainian Grey was the principal cattle breed of Ukraine. [5]: 36 It was hardy, frugal and well adapted to the steppe environment, and was used principally as a draught animal; when heavy horses began to replace oxen in agriculture in the nineteenth century, the breed started to decline ...
The Romagnola is a breed of cattle from the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy.It belongs to the Podolic group of grey cattle. Romagnola cattle were used principally as draught beasts in the past; since the mechanisation of agriculture in the middle of the twentieth century they have been bred primarily for beef production.
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
Polled strains have been developed of many cattle breeds which were originally horned. This has usually been done by crossing with naturally polled breeds, most commonly Angus and Galloway cattle. For example, polled Jersey cattle originated in Ohio sometime prior to 1895. Two strains were developed, the first to appear being founded by crosses ...
A mature cow typically weighs 600 kg, while the bull typically weighs 900 kg. They stand 133 to 150 cm tall at the shoulder. [3] Its annual milk production averages 4,500 liters, according to the data available in 2003. Of this, 4% is butterfat and 3.2% is protein. [4]