Mertolenga cattle
Mertolenga is a cattle breed from Portugal, one of thirteen registered Portuguese breeds (as of 2003), making up around 19 per cent of cattle in that country.[1]
The breed region is circumscribed almost exclusively to southern Portugal in the Low Alentejo, and Ribatejo rigions.
Description
- Corpulence – average
- Skeleton – Fine
- Coat – red roan thousand flowers, red tabby and spotted with red.
- Mucous – clear or slightly pigmented
- Profile – straight or sub-convex
- Horns – thin, elliptical section
References
- ↑ Institut national de la recherche agronomique (2003): Animal research, Volumes 52–53, EDP Sciences S.A. (France).
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