Abruzzese cattle

Abruzzese

Conservation status	extinct
Other names	Podolica abruzzese di montagna[1]
Country of origin	Italy
Distribution	Abruzzo
Use	dual-purpose, meat and draught
Traits
Weight	Male: 500–600 kg[2]
	Female: 300–450 kg[2]
Coat	grey[2]
Horn status	horned[2]
Notes
of medium height[2]
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,^[3][4] and was a dual-purpose breed, kept both for meat and for draught use.^[2] The breed was listed as extinct by the FAO in 2007.^[5]

References

1. Breed data sheet: Calvana/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed December 2013.
2. Fedele de Siervo (1882). Atti della giunta per la inchiesta agraria e sulle condizioni della classe agricola, volume VII (in Italian). Rome: Forzani. p.  267.
3. Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594. p. 5.
4. Hans-Peter Grünenfelder (2001). Landwirtschaftliche Genressourcen in Italien: Gefährdung – Erhaltungsinitiativen – Handlungsbedarfola Archived 12 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine. (in German). St. Gallen: Monitoring Institute for Rare Breeds and Seeds in Europe. p.  163.
5. Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (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: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed May 2014.