Tudanca cows are a primitive breed of cattle that were previously utilized in inner Cantabria as work animals in the specialty. It is from Cantabria, Spain.
The breed takes its name in the village of Tudanca from the Cantabrian Nansa valley. The Tudanca cattle breed resembles the wild ancestor of cows.
Tudanca cattle breed information
The Tudanca cows are moderate-sized creatures with bulls reaching about 150 cm shoulder height and the cows about 135 cm.
Their color vary from greyish. And normally, the bulls are darker than the cows.
Even the bulls have a mild eel stripe on the back, such as the aurochs (also they often have a mild saddle). The cows are more gracile and smaller compared to the bulls.
Both cows and bulls normally have long tail. Commonly for Tudanca is your backline, which will be declared in bulls.
The bulls often carry curly hair on their front head. Those curled hair that is long is a feature.
The Tudanca bulls weigh 400 kg and the bodyweight of the cows and 300 kg.
Tudanca cattle benefits
Tudanca cows were used as work animals in the area in early times. But they’re used as a beef and dairy cows breed.
The Tudanca cows are called “agile, strong, frugal and rugged” by José María p Cossío. They are adapted to the climate of Cantabrian upland.
And also well suited to the mountainous locations. Actually Tudanca cattle’s herds are moved up around June in which they’re left before October into the large pasture for grazing.
History
After the mechanization of farming, the need for working creatures reduced.
Along with the Tudanca cows breed was listed as a secure domestic creature.
At that time most of the cattle breeds faced extinction because of their low economical manufacturing speed. And the Tudanca cows breed was among them.
However, the attempts of recognized quality of the excellent meat of it and breeders have stopped declining and livestock.
Today the strain is not one of the lists of the endangered cattle breeds. And 12991 animals were counted by also an equation out of 2008.
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