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"Breeding-back" aims to restore or immitate extinct animals by selective breeding. This blog provides general information, the facts behind myths and news from various projects.
One of the calves with the mothers (© auerrind.wordpress.com) |
The bull calf (© auerrind.wordpress.com) |
Do you know why they using Maremmanas? It seems to me they have most what they need from the Sayaguesa,watusi, and chinina.
ReplyDeleteSayguesa will give size and e+ color, horn orientation too. Chianina size and horn orientation, Watusi adds a bit of red, and of course horn size. Not sure what the Maremmana adds except maybe forelocks.
Maremmana and Hungarian Grey are both very cold-resistant and develop a dense and comparably long winter fur. The other breeds in this selection not so much, although they can live outside whole year in Germany. So Maremmana is beneficial for the ecological capacity in Central Europe.
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