Vianesa

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Vianesa
FAO (2007): endangered-maintained[1]: 107 
  • DAD-IS (2023): at risk/endangered-maintained[2]
    • Country of originSpain
    DistributionGalicia
    StandardMinisterio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (page 12, in Spanish)
    Usebeef[3]
    Traits
    Weight
    • Male:
      850 kg[4]
    • Female:
      560 kg[4]
    Height
    • Male:
      138 cm[4]
    • Female:
      132 cm[4]
    Coatdark chestnut brown, variable[4]
    Horn statushorned
  • Bos (primigenius) taurus

    • The Vianesa is a traditional Spanish breed of cattle originating in the autonomous community of Galicia in north-western Spain. It is named either for the municipality of Viana do Bolo in the province of Ourense in south-eastern Galicia, close to the border with northern Portugal, or for the comarca of Viana in which that municipality lies.[5]: 164 [6] With the Cachena, the Caldelana [es] or Caldelá, the Frieiresa [es] and the Limiana [es] or Limiá, it forms part of the grouping of dark brown cattle known as the Morena Galega or Morenas del Noroeste (roughly 'dark-browns of the north-west').[7]: 251 

    It is an

    Castilla y León.[8]

    History

    The Vianesa is a traditional breed of the

    conservation programme was launched by the Xunta de Galicia in 1990.[7]
    : 251 

    In 2023 the

    Castilla y León.[8]

    Characteristics

    The coat is dark brown in colour, and darker at the extremities; bulls are darker than cows. Some cattle have patches of different shades of brown; these are names for some of the patterns that these form. Heights at the withers average 132 cm for cows and 138 cm for bulls.[7]: 251  Average weights are variously given as 560 kg[2] or 593 kg for cows[7]: 251  and 850 kg[2] or 913 kg for bulls.[7]: 251 

    Use

    The cattle are reared for beef.[3]

    References

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    1. ISBN 9789251057629
      . Archived 23 June 2020.
    2. ^ a b c d e Breed data sheet: Vianesa / Spain (Cattle). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed October 2023.
    3. ^ a b Raza bovina Vianesa: Usos y sistema de explotación (in Spanish). Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación. Accessed October 2023.
    4. ^ a b c d e Raza bovina Vianesa: Datos Morfológicos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación. Accessed October 2023.
    5. ^ a b Raza bovina Vianesa: Datos Generales (in Spanish). Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación. Accessed October 2023.
    6. ^
      ISBN 9788449109461
      .
    7. ^
      ISBN 9781780647944
      .
    8. ^ a b Raza bovina Vianesa: Datos Censales (in Spanish). Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación. Accessed October 2023.


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