Abruzzese cattle

Abruzzese
Conservation status	extinct
Other names	Podolica abruzzese di montagna
Country of origin	Italy
Distribution	Abruzzo
Use	dual-purpose, meat and draught
Traits
Weight	Male: 500–600 kg (1100–1300 lb); Female: 300–450 kg (660–990 lb);
Coat	grey
Horn status	horned
Notes
	of medium height
	Cattle; Bos primigenius;

The Abruzzese or Podolica abruzzese di montagna is an extinct breed of domestic cattle from the Abruzzo region of southern Italy. It belonged to the Podolic group of cattle,^[4]^: 5^[5]^: 153 and was a dual-purpose breed, kept both for meat and for draught use.^[3]^: 267 The breed was listed as extinct by the FAO in 2007.^[1]^: 66

References

^ ^a ^b Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
^ Valerie Porter, Ian Lauder Mason (2002). Mason's World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types, and Varieties, fifth edition. Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 085199430X.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Fedele de Siervo (1882). Atti della giunta per la inchiesta agraria e sulle condizioni della classe agricola, volume VII (in Italian). Rome: Forzani.
^ Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594.
^ Hans-Peter Grünenfelder (2001). Landwirtschaftliche Genressourcen in Italien: Gefährdung – Erhaltungsinitiativen – Handlungsbedarfola (in German). St. Gallen: Monitoring Institute for Rare Breeds and Seeds in Europe. Archived 12 May 2014.

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[barb-1] Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.

[mason-2] Valerie Porter, Ian Lauder Mason (2002). Mason's World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types, and Varieties, fifth edition. Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 085199430X.

[atti-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Fedele de Siervo (1882). Atti della giunta per la inchiesta agraria e sulle condizioni della classe agricola, volume VII (in Italian). Rome: Forzani.

[bigi-4] Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594.

[save-5] Hans-Peter Grünenfelder (2001). Landwirtschaftliche Genressourcen in Italien: Gefährdung – Erhaltungsinitiativen – Handlungsbedarfola (in German). St. Gallen: Monitoring Institute for Rare Breeds and Seeds in Europe. Archived 12 May 2014.

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