Races of the littoral of the North Sea

The littoral of the North Sea is the cradle of an original bovine population. The races which of it result present common characters.

Origin

This branch comes from the shores of the the North Sea, of the Netherlands to the Denmark. It would have been domesticated by the Germanic people and would have followed them in their migrations. It was introduced in England by the Angles and the Saxons. From this country, they will colonize North America with the waves of migration.
Issu of an area of Europe very populated as of the the Middle Ages, this branch comprises very effective races, contributing has to give the best possible output on surface weak but to the rich pastures. It is the bovine branch which is most important, as well on the level of manpower than of the number of races as it contributed to improve.

Common characters

They are races of large size, with the fine skeleton, black and white dress (red, blue or black) and with the short horns.
Lor breeding conquered the whole world by the quality of his individuals selected to the extreme.
  • very marked dairy Aptitude: the prototype is the black magpie which has almost as much name than of countries which raise it. (international name: the holstein)
  • Aptitude for the fattening: the modern prototype is the Hereford.
  • maximum Profitability in intensive breeding.
  • In flat, its capacities of adaptation are less: they rise well in territories whose characteristics approach the rich person and fatty flat grassy of their soil of origin.

Related races

distribution by family

    Black and white
  • black: holstein, Friesian, red holstein…
  • Black and white red of the plains (to differentiate it from the Black and white red of the mountains): MRY, rotbunte, black and white Belgian red, Black and white red of the plains…
  • Standard meat: Hereford and Shorthorn.

Distribution by origin

  • Germany
    • Deutsches schwarzbunte Translation of black magpie.
    • Deutsches rotbunte : Black and white red of Germany .
    • Deutsches Shorthorn : Introduction of the British Shorthorn.
  • Netherlands
    • Friesian
    • Groningue: white Head of Groningue, in the north of the country.
    • Lakenvelder
    • MRY : Meuse the Rhine Yssel
  • Belgium
    • White blue
    • Black and white Belgian red
    • Tirlemont
  • the United Kingdom
  • France
    • Races resulting directly from this branch
    • Races improved or created by this branch in crossing with other races.
  • North America
    • Races resulting directly from this branch
      • Holstein-fresian, become today Holstein
      • Shorthorn dairy, (milking shorthorn) or with meat
      • Hereford
    • Races improved or created by this branch in crossing with other races.
      • Of many races was created, inter alia by crossing with zebus. They gather qualities of growth and conformation of carcass of the shorthorn or Hereford, with the heat strength and to the parasites of the zebus.
      • Beefmaster Crossing of Brahman zebu, Shorthorn and Hereford
      • Braford Crossing of Brahman zebu and Hereford.
  • Australia
    • Australian Braford Crossing of Brahman zebu and Hereford.
  • South Africa
    • Africander results from the crossing from Shorthorn and Hereford, with Bonsmara, a local race.
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