Pie Rouge des Plaines
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The Pie Rouge des Plaines (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a modern French breed of dairy cattle.[1]Template:R/superscript It was created in about 1970 by cross-breeding the traditional Armorican cattle of Brittany, in north-western France, with red-pied cattle of the Dutch Meuse-Rhine-Yssel and German Deutsche Rotbunte breeds.
History
The Pie Rouge des Plaines is a modern breed. In 1970, farmers raising the traditional red-pied Armorican cattle in the three western départements of Brittany – Côtes-d'Armor, Finistère and the Morbihan – took the decision to merge their breed with red-pied cattle of Germany and the Netherlands, through a programme of extensive cross-breeding with German Rotbunt and Dutch Meuse-Rhine-Yssel stock, to create a new dairy breed with good meat-producing qualities.[2]Template:R/superscript[3]Template:R/superscript A breeders' association, the Eleveurs de la Race Française Pie Rouge des Plaines, was formed, and a herd-book was opened for the new breed in 1970 [4]Template:R/superscript or 1971.[2]Template:R/superscript From 1982 an attempt was made to increase size and udder quality by introducing Red Holstein blood; however, the resulting stock was less successful for beef production.[2]Template:R/superscript
The Pie Rouge des Plaines is concentrated mainly in Brittany, where about 80% of the total herd is found; it is also distributed in Normandy, and – to a lesser extent – in the Massif Central.[2]Template:R/superscript In 2015 the total population was estimated to be in the range Script error: No such module "val"., with approximately Script error: No such module "val". breeding cows, of which about Script error: No such module "val". were registered in the herd-book.[5]Template:R/superscript Frozen semen from some 150 bulls was available for artificial insemination.[5]Template:R/superscript
The original Armorican breed has become rare: it was listed by the FAO as "critically endangered" in 2007.[6]Template:R/superscript The population was estimated in 2005 to be in the range Script error: No such module "val". head,[7]Template:R/superscript and in 2014 was reported at 263.[8]Template:R/superscript
Characteristics
The Pie Rouge des Plaines is red-pied, with short crescent-shaped horns. The skin, muzzle and mucosa are pale. Cows have good resistance to mastitis.[2]Template:R/superscript
Use
Pie Rouge des Plaines has good dairy aptitude: milk yield is of the order of Script error: No such module "val". in a lactation of 329 days; the milk has 4.3% fat and 3.3% protein. Meat production also contributes to profitability.[2]Template:R/superscript
References
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- ↑ Breed description: Pie Rouge des Plaines. Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, School of Veterinary Medicine Hannover. Archived 11 May 2008.
- ↑ a b c d e f Marie Dervillé, Stéphane Patin, Laurent Avon (2009). Races bovines de France: origine, standard, sélection (in French). Paris: Éditions France Agricole. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ 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: Pie Rouge des Plaines/France. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed January 2017.
- ↑ a b Étude de la race bovine: Pie Rouge des Plaines (in French). Bureau des Ressources Génétiques. Archived 17 May 2015.
- ↑ Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (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: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Template:Isbn. Archived 23 June 2020.
- ↑ Étude de la race bovine: Armoricaine (in French). Bureau des Ressources Génétiques. Archived 17 May 2015.
- ↑ Breed data sheet: Armoricaine/France. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed November 2016.
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