- Ringamåla Cattle
Ringamåla Cattle (Swedish: "Ringamålakor") is a breed of
domesticated cattle found, primarily, in southernSweden . [ [http://neurocad.lva.lt/Breeds/SwedishBreeds.htm Swedish Breeds] ]The Ringamåla cattle are an old Swedish farm breed of cattle which were originally bred in the village of Ringamåla in the southern Swedish county of Blekinge. They are descended from
Swedish Red Cattle and Ayrshiredairy cattle . [ [http://www.tiho-hannover.de/einricht/zucht/eaap/descript/1226.htm EAAP Genetic Animal Data Bank Hannover] ]Ringamåla cattle have been kept isolated from other dairy breeds for many years. [ [http://neurocad.lva.lt/Breeds/SwedishBreeds.htm Swedish Breeds] ] Today, there are approximately 50 [ [http://neurocad.lva.lt/Breeds/SwedishBreeds.htm Swedish Breeds] ] to 100 [ [http://www.tiho-hannover.de/einricht/zucht/eaap/descript/1226.htm EAAP Genetic Animal Data Bank Hannover] ] head of Ringamåla cattle and the small gene bank herds are strictly managed by the Peasant Cattle Society (Swedish: "Föreningen allmogekon") [ [http://neurocad.lva.lt/Breeds/SwedishBreeds.htm Swedish Breeds] ]
The Ringamåla cattle's approximate live weight is between 750 and 500 kg. [ [http://www.tiho-hannover.de/einricht/zucht/eaap/descript/1226.htm EAAP Genetic Animal Data Bank Hannover] ] The cattle are most commonly reddish in color, but spotted individuals do occur. [ [http://www.tiho-hannover.de/einricht/zucht/eaap/descript/1226.htm EAAP Genetic Animal Data Bank Hannover] ]
Presently, a small number of Ringamåla Cattle are kept at pasture at the
Bokö Nature Reserve in theÖstergötland archipelago with the endangeredRoslag sheep . [ [http://www5.e.lst.se/reservat/lst/reservat.asp?id=83&sprak=eng Bokö Nature Reserve] ]ee also
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Domestic cattle
*List of breeds of cattle References
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