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The Podolica is a breed of domestic cattle from southern Italy.〔 It belongs to the Podolic group of grey cattle. It is raised in the regions of Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise and Puglia.〔 It was formerly distributed throughout most of mainland Italy and as far as Istria,〔 now part of Croatia, and where it is now regarded as a separate breed, Istrian cattle.〔 The Podolica was in the past bred principally as a draught animal; with the mechanisation of agriculture following the Second World War demand for draught oxen disappeared, and the Podolica is now raised for meat and, to a lesser extent, for milk.〔 ==History== The origins of the Podolica breed are not known. As with other European grey cattle, it has been suggested that it derives from cattle of the Podolian steppes of eastern Europe, possibly brought to Italy by invading Goths in the fifth century AD or by the Lombard king Agilulf in the sixth century.〔 This hypothesis is based on the zoological theories of the nineteenth century, going back to the ''Bos taurus podolicus'' of Johann Andreas Wagner. It is not supported by modern genetic, zoological or archaeological research.〔 There were numerous regional and other types of Italian grey cattle: the Abruzzese, the Calabrese, the Montanara, the Murgese, the Pugliese, the Pugliese del Basso Veneto and others.〔〔 The name "Podolico" for grey cattle came into use in Italy from the early 20th century.The need for a herdbook was recognised in 1976; it was established in 1984, and a breed standard drawn up from observation of about 15,000 animals.〔 In 1986 the standards of selection were modified to allow meat production to be favoured over other characteristics.〔 The total population was estimated in 2008 at 100,000 head, of which about 25,000 were recorded in the herdbook.〔 At the end of 2013 the total number registered in the herdbook was 27,509, including 391 registered bulls; more than 80% of the registered stock was in Basilicata and Campania.〔 The breed is considered to be at risk from indiscriminate cross-breeding with bulls of specialised meat breeds.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Podolica」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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