Portugal
Barrosã
Information
Breed name: Barrosã
Local breed name: Barrosã
Breed size: < 9.000 breeding females and < 350 breeding males
Species: Bos taurus
Breed associations: AMIBA – Accociacão dos Criadores de Bovinos de Raca Barrosã
Link to website: www.amiba.pt/index.php
Breed specific characteristics
- Medium-sized, with concave profile and brown-blond coat colour
- Meat (denomination of origin) and draft
- Magnificent lyre-shaped horns and short face; strong sexual dimorphism
- Easy to keep, well-adapted to the highlands of northwestern Portugal
- Friendly character
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Mirandesa
Information
Breed name: Mirandesa
Local breed name: Mirandesa
Breed size: < 5000 breeding females and < 250 breeding males
Species: Bos taurus
Breed associations: ACRBM – Associacão dos Criadores de Bovinos de Raca Mirandesa
Link to website: www.mirandesa.pt/contuendo.php?dm=2
Breed specific characteristics
- Large and compact animal, light to dark brown coat colour, fringe of blond hair on the head and along the spine, pigmented skin in the nose and around the eyes
- Meat (denomination of origin) and draft
- Longhorns, strong sexual dimorphism
- Longevity, well-adapted to the northeastern region of Porgugal – the Miranda plateau
- Friendly and curious character
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Mertolenga
Information
Breed name: Mertolenga
Local breed name: Mertolenga
Breed size: < 15.000 breeding females and < 250 breeding males
Species: Bos taurus
Breed associations: ACBM – Associacão dos Criadores de Bovinos Mertolengos
Link to website: https://www.mertolenga.com/index/php
Breed specific characteristics
- Medium-sized, sub-convex profile with three coat colour varieties: solid red called ‘vermelho’, red roan known as ‘rosiho mil-flores’, and red-brown spots on a white background called ‘malhado’
- Meat (denomination of origin) and draft
- Longhorns, some sexual dimorphism
- Easy to keep, well-adapted to the arid lowlands of Alentejo
- Energetic and nervous character
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Holstein Friesian
Information
Breed name: Holstein Friesian
Local breed name: Holstein
Breed size: > 1.000.000 animals
Species: Bos taurus
Control group: OPTIBOV
Breed specific characteristics
- High milk production
- Commercial breed
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