- Icelandic cattle
Icelandic cattle are a breed of
cattle native toIceland . Cattle originally came to Iceland with settlers around 1000 AD. [ cite web|url=http://www.icelandichorse.is/cows.html |title=Our colourful Icelandic cows |accessdate=2007-10-28 ] Icelandic cows are an especially colorful breed. [ cite web|url=http://www.embryoplus.com/cattle_icelandic.html |title=CATTLE BREEDS -- ICELANDIC |accessdate=2007-10-28 |last=van Rensburg |first=Jaco ] Icelandic cows have been genetically isolated for centuries, but are most closely related to a breed in Norway called Blacksided Trender and Nordland Cattle. [ cite web|url=http://www.visindavefur.hi.is/svar.asp?id=5453 |title=Where did the Icelandic horse originate? |accessdate=2007-11-17 |publisher=Vísindavefurinn ] They are have been protected by strict disease-prevention measures. [ cite web|url=http://www.ms.is/files/MS_english_04.pdf |title=Nature's Spectrum in a Variety of Products |accessdate=2007-11-17 |format=PDF |publisher=Mjólkurvörur í sérflokki ] According to the Agricultural University of Iceland, it would be more cost-effective to replace Icelandic cows with Swedish cows. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Iceland’s Cows May Be Replaced with Swedish Breed | date= | publisher=Iceland Review | url =http://icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=16539&ew_0_a_id=292738 | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2007-10-28 | language = ] However, some have argued that Icelandic Cows are part of Iceland's cultural heritage and should not be replaced. [cite news | first=Sara | last=B. | coauthors= | title=Whole Milk | date=2007-10-29 | publisher= | url =http://icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_life/?cat_id=30632&ew_0_a_id=292941 | work =Iceland Review | pages = | accessdate = 2007-10-29 | language = ] [ cite web|title=This speech was given Bjarni Þorkelsson at the FEIF Conference 2006 |url=http://cihf.ca/FEIF_files/Speech.pdf |accessdate=2007-10-29 |last=Þorkelsson |first=Bjarni |date=2006 |format=PDF |publisher=FEIF Conference ]Gudni Ágústsson, Iceland's minister of agriculture, once kissed an Icelandic cow. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Cow kissing minister wants to preserve Icelandic cattle stock | date=
2005-10-19 | publisher= | url =http://icelandreview.com/icelandreview/search/news/Default.asp?ew_0_a_id=161267 | work =Iceland Review | pages = | accessdate = 2007-11-17 | language = ]The milk from Icelandic cows is used to make
Skyr . [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=A Tasty Cultural Revolution: With All The New Types Of Yogurts For Sale, How Can You Know Which One Is Best For You? | date=2007-09-29 | publisher= | url =http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/28/earlyshow/saturday/main3310530.shtml | work =CBS News | pages = | accessdate = 2007-11-17 | language = ]References
External links
* [http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/106/4/719 Different -Casein Fractions in Icelandic Versus Scandinavian Cow's Milk]
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12416661&dopt=Citation Variation in consumption of cow milk proteins and lower incidence of Type 1 diabetes in Iceland vs the other 4 Nordic countries]
* [http://direct.bl.uk/bld/PlaceOrder.do?UIN=141598117&ETOC=RN&from=searchengine Differences in cow's milk composition between Iceland and the other Nordic countries and possible connections to public health]
* [http://archaeology.stanford.edu/journal/05Hambrecht.pdf "THE BISHOP’S BEEF: Improved Cattle in Eighteenth Century Skálholt, Iceland" by George Hambrecht, Stanford Journal of Archaeology]
* [http://neurocad.lva.lt/Breeds/IslandicBreeds.htm Islandic Cattle Breeds]
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