Mandalong

---- |----- |----- | 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 | Australia, New Wales of the South |----- | Diffusion | Main road |----- | Size | Large |----- | Dress | Linked wheat |----- | Use | Bouchère |----- |} The mandalong is a Australian Race Bovin E

Origin

It comes from a recent creation of the research institute Mandalong park close to Sydney. In the Years 1960, a project was developed for the interbreeding of races in order to create a race bouchère for the Nouvelle Wales of the South. It includes/understands the following races, each one selected for its qualities:

Charolaise and Shorthorn for their carcass with good meat yield of the first quality.
British White for her dairy capacities, in order to have good nurses with calves.
Brahman for the small size of calves to the birth, the sexual precocity of the heifers and rusticity in zone dries.
Chianina to increase the stature of the animals, therefore the meat weight.

After several generations, the race was stabilized with 16,33% from Brahman, 25% of British races (shorthorn and british white) and 58,33% of races europénnes.

Morphology

It wears a clear dress, energy of cream-coloured white with wheat, because of the number of races white génitrices. It is called the gilded race, the golden delicious breed because of its color. It can carry short horns while growing or be naturally without horns. (English polled)
C' is a race of intermediate size to large, with a cylindrical trunk developed good, muscular thighs and a fine skeleton ensuring a good meat yield.

Aptitudes

It is a race created for the bouchère production. The crossings have summers led to answer a precise schedule of conditions:

Small size of calves inducing a good facility of birth.
Good speed of growth of the young people. Of 30 kg on average to the birth, the three year old bulls can weigh up to 1000 kg.
Good conformation of carcass with meat of the first quality and good distribution of grease. The carcasses of the two sexes are appreciated pareillement;

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