Blonde d'Aquitaine

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Blonde d'Aquitaine
FAO (2007): not at risk[1]: 143 
Country of originFrance
Distributionworldwide
Usemeat
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    1400 kg[2]
  • Female:
    1050 kg[2]
Height
  • Male:
    165 cm[2]
  • Female:
    155 cm[2]
Skin colourwhite
Coatwheaten
Horn statushorned in both sexes
  • Bos (primigenius) taurus
    • On summer pasture near the Pic du Midi d'Ossau

    The Blonde d'Aquitaine is a modern French

    Limousin
    . It has been exported to many countries round the world.

    History

    The Blonde d'Aquitaine breed was created in 1962 by merging three blonde breeds of south-western France, the Blonde de Quercy, the Garonnaise and the Blonde des Pyrénées.

    Béarnaise, the Race d'Urt, and the Basquiaise;[5]: 125 [4]: 207  its herd-book was started in 1920, the same year as that of the Blonde de Quercy.[4]
    : 130 

    The Blonde d'Aquitaine includes almost all the traditional blonde cattle breeds of southern France, although remnant populations of a few of them have allowed them to be reconstituted. The moving force behind the creation of the breed was Raphaël Trémouille, a

    veterinary surgeon and member of the lower chamber of the French parliament.[4]: 130  From about 1970, concerted efforts were made to improve the beef production attributes of the breed.[5]
    : 132 

    The Blonde d'Aquitaine is the third beef breed of France by numbers, after the

    zebuine cattle breeds in South America.[4]
    : 131 

    Characteristics

    The Blonde d'Aquitaine is wheat- or cream-coloured, varying from a dark to very light fawn;[5]: 132  the surround of the eyes and the area round the muzzle is paler.[4]: 132  The skin is white, and the muzzle and mucous areas pale.[2]

    Use

    The Blonde d'Aquitaine is raised exclusively for beef, whether purebred or cross-bred. Bullocks reach almost 300 kg at 210 days (7 months), and about 500 kg at 15 months. Carcass yield is about 65%.[4]: 132 

    References

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    1. ISBN 9789251057629
      . Accessed November 2016.
    2. ^ a b c d e Étude de la race bovine: Blonde d'Aquitaine (in French). Bureau des Ressources Génétiques. Archived 9 March 2012.
    3. ^ a b Breed data sheet: Blonde d'Aquitaine/France. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed November 2016.
    4. ^
      ISBN 9782855571515
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    5. ^
      ISBN 9781780647944
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