Fjäll
Sign in to savethumb|Image from Gustav Sundbärg, Sweden, 1904 The Fjäll ( or ) is a traditional Swedish breed of polled mountain cattle. It was threatened with extinction in the 1970s and 1980s, but recovered after a breed association was formed in 1995, partly thanks to stocks of frozen semen. Microsatellite analysis has shown it to be closely related to the endangered Bohuskulla breed.
Key facts
- Cattle breed.name
- Fjäll
- Cattle breed.image
- Fjallko.jpg
- Cattle breed.image_alt
- an almost white cow with a patch of dark red-brown spots on her flank
- Cattle breed.image_caption
- A heifer
- Cattle breed.country
- Sweden
- Cattle breed.distribution
- northern Sweden
- Cattle breed.use
- dairy
- Cattle breed.maleweight
- 650–800 kg
- Cattle breed.femaleweight
- 450 kg
- Cattle breed.maleheight
- 135–140 cm
- Cattle breed.femaleheight
- 125 cm
- Cattle breed.coat
- variable
- Cattle breed.horn
- polled
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thumb|Image from Gustav Sundbärg, Sweden, 1904 The Fjäll ( or ) is a traditional Swedish breed of polled mountain cattle. It was threatened with extinction in the 1970s and 1980s, but recovered after a breed association was formed in 1995, partly thanks to stocks of frozen semen. Microsatellite analysis has shown it to be closely related to the endangered Bohuskulla breed.
== History ==