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The Ennstaler Bergscheck ("Ennstal Mountain Pied Cattle") is an endangered
/ref> Once they were almost totally foxy red before the white spots in their fur increased, until 75%–80% of the fur was white with only the loin and the side remaining clouded or with fringed spots. The inner ears are coloured. Horns, hooves and mucosas are mostly pigment free.''Seltene Nutztierrassen'' 2009 The breed was once popular as a draft and beef animal but in the 18th century was replaced by Murboden Cattle, Pinzgau Cattle, or Carinthian Blondvieh. The animals are fully developed after two years in the Alps, so they count as the earliest maturing alpine cattle breed. Although they do not become fat their beef is well marbled. It was thought that the last two cows had been slaughtered in 1986, but some surviving animals were found. Their conservation is organised by the Union for the Conservation of Endangered Domestic Animal Breeds (VEGH) and the Austrian National Union for Gene Reserves. In the year 2004 there were in Austria 65 animals in 6 farms again.
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Bundesministerium für Nachhaltigkeit und Tourismus: Ennstaler Bergscheck
* ''Seltene Nutztierrassen: Handbuch der Vielfalt'', p 51. Vienna 2009
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ARCHE Austria: Ennstaler Bergschecke
ARCHEpedia: Ennstaler Bergschecke
Steiermark.ORF.at ''Oststeirer will Ennstaler Bergschecken retten'': radio item 3 June 2016
Cattle breeds Cattle breeds originating in Austria {{Cattle-stub
The Ennstaler Bergscheck ("Ennstal Mountain Pied Cattle") is an endangered Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
n breed
A breed is a specific group of domestic animals having homogeneous appearance (phenotype), homogeneous behavior, and/or other characteristics that distinguish it from other organisms of the same species. In literature, there exist several slig ...
of domestic cattle. The name comes from the Ennstal, the valley of the Enns River.
The small light Ennstaler Bergscheck was long believed to have originated from the Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
n ''Weißkopfscheck'' ("White-headed Pied Cattle") but recent archaeological discoveries indicate descent from the local cattle of the La Tène period (5th–1st centuries BC).Bundesministerium für Nachhaltigkeit und Tourismus: Ennstaler Bergscheck/ref> Once they were almost totally foxy red before the white spots in their fur increased, until 75%–80% of the fur was white with only the loin and the side remaining clouded or with fringed spots. The inner ears are coloured. Horns, hooves and mucosas are mostly pigment free.''Seltene Nutztierrassen'' 2009 The breed was once popular as a draft and beef animal but in the 18th century was replaced by Murboden Cattle, Pinzgau Cattle, or Carinthian Blondvieh. The animals are fully developed after two years in the Alps, so they count as the earliest maturing alpine cattle breed. Although they do not become fat their beef is well marbled. It was thought that the last two cows had been slaughtered in 1986, but some surviving animals were found. Their conservation is organised by the Union for the Conservation of Endangered Domestic Animal Breeds (VEGH) and the Austrian National Union for Gene Reserves. In the year 2004 there were in Austria 65 animals in 6 farms again.
References
Sources
Bundesministerium für Nachhaltigkeit und Tourismus: Ennstaler Bergscheck
* ''Seltene Nutztierrassen: Handbuch der Vielfalt'', p 51. Vienna 2009
External links
ARCHE Austria: Ennstaler Bergschecke
ARCHEpedia: Ennstaler Bergschecke
Steiermark.ORF.at ''Oststeirer will Ennstaler Bergschecken retten'': radio item 3 June 2016
Cattle breeds Cattle breeds originating in Austria {{Cattle-stub