Fjord of the west

The fjord of the west is a bovine race Norwegian. In Norwegian, it names Vestlandsk fjordfe .

Origin

It belongs to the branch of the Scandinavian races . It is high in the west of Norway, in a zone of Fjord S, along the west coast. It was created at the 19th century starting from an indigenous heterogeneous population.
L' effective in 2001 was of 530 females and 30 males. 100% of females reproduce in pure race. It profits from a program of safeguarding. In 1995, 15.300 spangles of seed of 20 bulls had been frozen.

Morphology

It wears a variable dress, energy of white the linked to the red, gray, black or spree and even black and white red or black. The mucous membranes are black. 40% carry horns.
C' is a race of intermediate size. The cow measures 120 cm with the garrot and weighs 425 kg. It is the smallest Norwegian race.

Aptitudes

It is classified dairy. It produces approximately 4000 kg of milk by lactation with fat contents 4%, honourable production brought back to its size. It is secondarily used for maintains the rural areas: it cleans the zones where other races would suffer from the wet and cold environment.

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