Lebedyner beef

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The Lebedyner cattle ( Ukrainian Лебединська порода / Russian Лебединская ) is a breed of cattle from the Ukraine .

Breeding history

In the districts of Lebedyn , Ochtyrka , Trostjanez and others in Sumy Oblast in Ukraine , cows of the Ukrainian steppe cattle were crossed with Brown Swiss bulls. In 1950 the Lebedyner cattle was recognized as a breed.

Characteristics

Color gray-brown in various shades, dark muzzle
strong constitution
Weight cows 500 - 600 kg, bulls 850 - 950 kg
Milk yield 3,100 - 3,400 kg with 3.8%
good weight gain in fattening steers (900 - 1,000 g / day)

There are 10 main breeding lines.

Occurrence today

Today Lebedyner cattle are found in 40 counties in the Oblasts of Sumy , Chernihiv and Kharkiv . In 1980 the total was 599,000 animals.

literature

LK Ernst, NG Dmitriez: Animal Genetic Resources of the USSR . Ed .: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (= Animal Production and Health Paper . No. 65 ). Rome 1989, ISBN 92-5102582-7 , Lebedin (Lebedinskaya), pp. 77 f . (English, online [PDF; 22.0 MB ; accessed on August 13, 2015]).