Swedish Polled

The Swedish Polled, Swedish: Svensk Kullig Boskap, often abbreviated to SKB, is a Swedish breed of domestic cattle. It was created in 1937 from two different Swedish cattle breeds, the Swedish Red Polled and the Fjäll. Breeders did not accept the new classification, and continued to maintain separate bloodlines as before.[3]:12–13[4] Of the two constituent breeds, the Swedish Red Polled received official recognition in 2004, while the Fjäll has divided into two sub-breeds, the Fjällnära Boskap and the Svensk Fjällras.

Not to be confused with Swedish Red Polled.
Swedish Polled
1. A Swedish Red Polled cow
2. A Fjäll cow
Conservation statusFAO (2007): not at risk[1]:112
Other names
  • Swedish: Svensk Kullig Boskap
  • SKB
Country of originSweden
Usemilk
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    650 kg[2]
  • Female:
    400 kg[2]
Height
  • Male:
    130 cm[2]
  • Female:
    120 cm[2]
Coatsolid red; red-and-white
Horn statuspolled (hornless)
  • Cattle
  • Bos (primigenius) taurus

History

The Swedish Polled was created in 1937 with the intention of merging the Swedish Red Polled (Swedish: Rödkulla) with the Fjällras, a quite different breed of mountain cattle.[5]:307[2] Breeders did not accept the new classification, and continued to maintain separate bloodlines as before.[3]:12–13[4] A breeders' association, the Sveriges Rödkulleförening, was formed for the Rödkulla in the 1960s,[3]:13 and a similar association, the Föreningen Svensk Fjällrasavel, was established for the Fjäll breed in 1996.[3]:13 In 2004 the Rödkulla received official recognition: a breed number (40) was assigned to it by the Statens Jordbruksverk, the Swedish board of agriculture.[6] Two different types of Fjäll cattle are reported to DAD-IS: the Fjällnära Boskap[7] and the Svensk Fjällras.[8]

In 2014 the total number reported for the Swedish Polled was 3074.[2]

Characteristics

The Swedish Polled may be either solid red, or red and white. It is polled – without horns – and is well adapted to conditions in the mountains of Sweden.[2]

Use

The Swedish Polled is considered a dairy breed. It constitutes about 0.5% of the national dairy herd.[2]

References
  1. Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed November 2016.
  2. Breed data sheet: Svensk kullig boskap (skb)/Sweden. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed November 2016.
  3. [Swedish Board of Agriculture] (2002). Country report on animal genetic resources for food and agriculture in Sweden, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed November 2016.
  4. Rawlynce C. Bett, Mwai A. Okeyo, Birgitta Malmfors, Kjell Johansson, Morris Agaba, Donald R. Kugonza, A.K.F.H. Bhuiyan, Anibal E. Vercesi Filho, Arthur S. Mariante, Fidalis D. Mujibi, Jan Philipsson (2013). Cattle Breeds: Extinction or Quasi-Extant?. Resources 2 (3): 335–357. doi:10.3390/resources2030335.
  5. Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
  6. Lite om rödkullan (in Swedish). Sveriges Rödkulleförening. Accessed November 2016.
  7. Breed data sheet: Fjällnära boskap/Sweden. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed November 2016.
  8. Breed data sheet: Svensk Fjällras/Sweden. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed November 2016.
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