Maronesa

Maronesa

Maronesa is a cattle breed from Portugal.

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Description

  • HEAD - Small, dry, well expressive, concave profile, which was more evident due to orbital protrusion of protuberances, a characteristic that also contributes to make: more manifest a certain bottlenecks that focuses on regions of the face and muzzle and extends up the lower end where he concludes "with a thick snout (snouted) black and bordered by white."
  • FOREHEAD - is broad, square and slightly concave.
  • MUZZLE - Straight, well-designed, it stands out from the forehead in obtuse angle, whose vertex sets, in clear contrast, linking the two regions.
  • FORELOCK- covered with hair rather long, smooth and clearer, not bulge on the inclusion of horns and describes a regular curve with those of previous opening.
  • CORNER - from medium, thin, smooth, color-white and dark edges, and circular cross section in the insert to move then to the slightly elliptical shape. As for the direction and shape of horns, this fits the type Cabano round.
  • EYES - developed and prominent.
  • EARS - set well
  • NECK - relatively thick, and the upper edge straight in females and convex in males, while the bottom is covered with a moderately developed dewlap that extends from the vertex of the angle between the up-ganaches cilhadouro.
  • WITHERS - slightly wider and slightly detached from the neck and back.
  • BACK - relatively wide and straight.
  • LOIN - well connected to the back and croup is well muscled, broad, straight and slightly drooping sideways.
  • Croup - also in relation to the race is long, broad at the front and a little narrow at rear, presenting, as in all our breeds, sloping down laterally.
  • TAIL - approaching the high integration, it thin and hairy regularly.
  • CHEST - is broad and well muscled.
  • CILHADOURO - is full and without strangulation.
  • BELLY - balanced development for the whole.
  • RIBCAGE - regularly and without a developed behind the shoulder.
  • Uber - developed a well-designed shell, limiting a thin skin of the perineum and released, are indicative of regular dairy character.
  • MEMBERS - Well connected to the trunk by the shoulder and chest, are strong and present throughout the poise relatively correct. Somewhat capped front, they tend to close the hocks.
  • FROGS - broad but shallow.
  • BUTTOCKS - tending to slightly convex, are well let down.
  • NAILS - dark in color, well formed, smooth, hard, adjust to each other regularly.

BULL

Has marked dimorphism in the head, which is more compact and less jagged, and the coat, which markedly darker, contributing to the ribbon stand out more than in females.

  • MUCOUS - dark.
  • PROFILE - straight.

Characteristics

Extension

The breed region is circumscribed almost exclusively to the Northern Portugal in Vila real district.

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