Blaarkop
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The Blaarkop or Groninger Blaarkop is a Dutch breed of dual-purpose cattle.
Blaarkop is Dutch for blister head. Its main breeding area is in the province of Groningen.
History
White-headed cattle in Holland have been mentioned as early as the fourteenth century.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Cattle showing some similarity to the modern Blaarkop appear in an Adoration by Pieter Aertsen dating from about 1560, and in a seventeenth-century Head of a Bellowing Ox by Jan Asselijn.[1]Template:R/superscript From the nineteenth century, there are also Blaarkoppen in the Utrecht and Leiden regions.
Bulls of this type were among the cattle shipped to the Cape of Good Hope by Willem Adriaan van der Stel during his time as governor of the Cape Colony (1699–1707).[2]Template:R/superscript
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Characteristics
The Blaarkop breed is sturdily built with matching muscles, a horned head, and strong legs. Both red (60% of the population) and black (40%) Blaarkoppen exist. The body is solid red or black, while the head is white with a red or black ring (blister) around the eyes; the tail has a white tip.
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Use
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References
- ↑ Jan Glass (n.d.). Groninger Blaarkop (in Dutch). Levend Erfgoed Groningen. Groningen: Centrum Groninger Taal & Cultuur. Archived 25 May 2024.
- ↑ Marleen Felius (1995). Cattle Breeds: An Encyclopedia. Doetinchem, Netherlands: Misset. Template:Isbn.
- ↑ Blaarkopstichting (in Dutch). De Blaarkopstichting. Archived 10 June 2024.
- ↑ 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. Template:Isbn.
- ↑ Breed data sheet: Groninger Blaarkop / Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (Cattle). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed November 2024.
- ↑ Rasinformatie en Artikelen (in Dutch). De Blaarkopstichting. Archived 15 June 2024.
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Further reading
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