Tudanca cattle

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Tudanca is a primitive breed of cattle. Tudanco bull.
Tudanca cow.
Tudanca bull and cows in the mountains of Cantabria, northern Spain, homeland of the breed.
Tudancas are used in the Netherlands to retain an open landscape with its biodiversity.

The Tudanca is a traditional Spanish breed of

arrastre de piedra, or "stone-dragging".[7]: 160  Despite its geographic proximity, it is not closely related to the other cattle breed of Cantabria, the Pasiega.[8]
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Appearance and description

Tudanca is a middle-sized cattle breed, with cows reaching 135 cm shoulder height and a weight of 320 kg, bulls reaching 150 cm and 420 kg. The colour of Tudanca goes from greyish to black,[6] cows are lighter than bulls on average. Like the aurochs, Tudanca bulls have a light stripe on their back. Additionally, they often have a light saddle. Typically for Tudanca is the swung back line, which is strongly pronounced in bulls. The cows are smaller and more gracile than the bulls. The long horns of Tudanca are variable, they can be either aurochs-like or swung outwards. Tudanca bulls often carry long curly hair on their front head, which is a feature also described for the aurochs.

Cantabrian upland. Indeed, herds are moved up to the high pastures to graze on June where they are left until October.[6]

Range and use

Tudancas were formerly used in inner Cantabria as work animals in the field, but after the mechanization of agriculture, the breed was listed as protected

domestic animal, since it is, like other primitive cattle breeds, facing extinction because its low economical production rate. The efforts of many breeders and the lately recognized quality of its superb meat[6] have stopped declining and livestock grows back.[9] An equation from 2008 counted 12.991 individuals.[9]

Tudancas are used by the

Pajuna Cattle, Maremmana primitivo and others.[11]

Gallery

  • Tudanca bull in Johannahoeve, Netherlands.
    Tudanca bull in Johannahoeve, Netherlands.
  • Couple of cows working at the grass crop in Saja valley, Cantabria, in 1983.
    Couple of cows working at the grass crop in
    Saja valley
    , Cantabria, in 1983.
  • Tudancas competing in a dragging test in the Day of Cantabria.
    Tudancas competing in a dragging test in the Day of Cantabria.

See also

References

  1. ISBN 9789251057629
    . Accessed January 2017.
  2. ^ Breed data sheet: Tudanca / Spain (Cattle). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2020.
  3. ISBN 9789054390176
    .
  4. ^ Raza bovina Tudanca: Datos Generales (in Spanish). Ministerio de Agriculturo, Pesca y Alimentación. Accessed July 2020.
  5. ^ Raza bovina Tudanca: Datos Morfológicos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Agriculturo, Pesca y Alimentación. Accessed July 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d http://www.iberianature.com/material/cows.html Spanish cows and beefs
  7. ^
    ISBN 9788449109461
    .
  8. ^
    ISBN 9781780647944
    .
  9. ^ a b El Diario Montañés (1 January 2010). "Las cabezas de ganado tudanco crecieron un 30% en diez años" (in Spanish).
  10. ^ Bunzel-Drüke, Finck, Kämmer, Luick, Reisinger, Riecken, Riedl, Scharf & Zimball: "Wilde Weiden: Praxisleitfaden für Ganzjahresbeweidung in Naturschutz und Landschaftsentwicklung
  11. ^ http://www.stichtingtaurus.nl/cStdPage.php?ref=54&userID=84a8818d6ca464282b76af6952d97d46 Stichting Taurus

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