Summary
The Swedish Red Pied, Swedish: Rödbrokig Svensk Boskap, frequently abbreviated to RSB, was a Swedish breed of dairy cattle. It is now considered extinct. It was merged in the 1920s with the Swedish Ayrshire breed to create the Swedish Red-and-White (Swedish: Svensk Röd och Vit Boskap or SRB), which is one of the principal dairy breeds of Sweden.
| Conservation status | FAO (2007): extinct[1]: 111 |
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| Country of origin | Sweden |
| Use | milk |
| Traits | |
| Coat | red and white |
| Horn status | horned in both sexes |
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History edit
The Swedish Red Pied originated in the nineteenth century from cross-breeding of local cattle with imported Ayrshire and Shorthorn stock. A herd-book was established in 1892. At some time between then and 1928, the traditional Herrgård,[2] Skåne[3] and Småland[4] breeds were merged into the Swedish Red Pied;[5] they are thus considered to be extinct.[2][3][4] In the 1920s the Swedish Red Pied population was large; however, it suffered from competition from the Swedish Ayrshire.[6]
In either 1927[6]: 12 [7][8] or 1928[9]: 307 [10] the Swedish Red Pied and Swedish Ayrshire breeds were merged to create the new Swedish Red-and-White (Swedish: Svensk Röd och Vit Boskap or SRB), which is one of the two principal dairy breeds of Sweden.[6]
References edit
- ^ 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 November 2016.
- ^ a b Breed data sheet: Herrgard/Sweden. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed November 2016.
- ^ a b Breed data sheet: Skane/Sweden. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed November 2016.
- ^ a b Breed data sheet: Smaland/Sweden. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed November 2016.
- ^ Rawlynce C. Bett, Mwai A. Okeyo, Birgitta Malmfors, Kjell Johansson, Morris Agaba, Donald R. Kugonza, A.K.F.H. Bhuiyan, Anibal E. Vercesi Filho, Arthur S. Mariante, Fidalis D. Mujibi, Jan Philipsson (2013). Cattle Breeds: Extinction or Quasi-Extant?. Resources 2 (3): 335–357. doi:10.3390/resources2030335.
- ^ a b c [Swedish Board of Agriculture] (2002). Country report on animal genetic resources for food and agriculture in Sweden[permanent dead link], 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 November 2016.
- ^ Breed description: Swedish Red And White Cattle. Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, School of Veterinary Medicine Hannover. Archived 15 November 2007.
- ^ Breed data sheet: Svensk röd och vit boskap (SRB)/Sweden. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed November 2016.
- ^ Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
- ^ Breed data sheet: Rödbrokig Svensk Boskap/Sweden. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed November 2016.