German Black Pied

Cattle

German Black Pied Cattle are a breed of dairy cattle that originated in the North Sea coast regions of northern Germany and the Netherlands. Until the 18th century cattle of diverse colours were bred in these regions. After 1750 the black pied coloured type was dominant. But there are still unicoloured red and red pied cattle as well. In 1878 in East Frisia (Germany), the first breeding company was founded. After that, East Frisia and East Prussia (today Russia, Lithuania, and Poland) were the most important breeding regions of the breed. Later they extended over whole of northern and central Germany. Since 1958 in West Germany the breed was crossed the first time with Holstein Friesian Cattle. Since the 1960s these crossed animals have been dominant, and so the German Holstein Friesian Cattle breed was born.

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