Berrenda

---- |----- |----- | colspan=2 align=" center" | missing Image |----- |----- ! bgcolor=" pink" colspan=" 2" | Name binominal Boss taurus
or Boss primigenius taurus,
or Boss primigenius F. taurus
Linnaeus, 1758 |----- |----- | Origin | Spain, Andalusia, Extremadure |----- | Diffusion | Regional, preserved race |----- | Size | Large with average |----- | Dress | Red or black magpie |----- | Use | Bouchère |----- |} The berrendas are two bovine races Spanish. They are very close, their history, their localization and their aptitudes being close.

History

They belong to the red branch of the fair Rameau and red. According to the authors, they would come from the domestication of Bos taurus ibericus , a Spanish branch of the Aurochs or Bos taurus africanus , come from the the Sahara in the Antiquité.
Ce is high races since the breeding exists mid-west in the south-east of the Spain.
Ce is races in danger of extinction and a program of safeguard is setting up itself. There remain 420 animals of the coloured alternative and 330 of the black one.

Morphology

Berrenda will negra of it: it wears a black black and white dress. The head, the neck and the bottom of the legs are black, like the mucous membranes: boor, turn of the eyes. The remainder white is mottled of black. The spots can be broad or mouchetées, but contours are always well delimited. The horns are clear with point black and turned forwards. It is a race of big size: 138 cm with the garrot for 600 kg in the cow and 143 cm for 900 kg in the bull. The trunk is broad, giving an impression of short and frail legs. The pace is massive.
Berrenda in Colorado or berrenda roja' : it wears a red black and white dress. The distribution is done as on his/her black cousin. The tone can go from the bright red to the brown mahogany tree. She is of more reduced size: 125-135 cm for 500-800 kg.

Aptitudes

They are traditionally high races for their meat and their labor force.
Autrefois, they were high for the feature: cows in the agriculture, and oxen castrated for cartage. The ore cartage employed a great number of it. With the use of mules then mechanization, they became beef breeds where they excel, in particular in crossing with selected races.

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