Development of Cika cattle breed

Metka Žan Lotrič (Author), Andrej Šalehar (Author), Drago Kompan (Author)

Abstract

Cika cattle is the only Slovenian autochthonous cattle breed. It originates from Bohinj where breeders bred their own "cow families" and by doing so they kept a relatively high milk yield of Bohinj cows. They did not buy cows outside of Bohinj, only the bulls were purchased by the cooperatives at the cattle breeding fairs. Cika cattle was a widely used breed until the sixties of previous century, primarily as a dairy breed. Political decision made in 1964 significantly reduced the population in the following years. Our research was focused on the study of historical sources which show the development of Cike cattle in the Republic of Slovenia. We have put special emphasis on zootechnical characterization, genealogy, livestock geography, morphology and milk production of Cika cattle.

Keywords

cattle;autochthonous breeds;Cika cattle;history;biodiversity;Slovenia;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2012
Typology:	1.08 - Published Scientific Conference Contribution
Organization:	UL BF - Biotechnical Faculty
Publisher:	Biotehniška fakulteta
UDC:	636.2
COBISS:	3113864
ISSN:	1854-4800
Views:	2421
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Other data

Secondary language:	Unknown
Secondary keywords:	govedo;avtohtone pasme;cika;zgodovina;Slovenija;
URN:	URN:NBN:SI
Type (COBISS):	Not categorized
Pages:	str. 339-343
Issue:	ǂSuppl. ǂ3
Chronology:	2012
Keywords (UDC):	applied sciences;medicine;technology;uporabne znanosti;medicina;tehnika;agriculture and related sciences and techniques;forestry;farming;wildlife exploitation;kmetijstvo ter sorodne vede in tehnologije;animal husbandry and breeding in general;livestock rearing;breeding of domestic animals;živinoreja na splošno;vzreja domačih živali;large ruminants;cattle;oxen;veliki prežvekovalci;govedo;voli;
ID:	21748