Bohuskulla
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{{Infobox cattle breed
| name = Bohuskulla
| alt = a white cow laying on dirt
| image = Bohuskulla.jpg
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| status = {{nobreak|FAO (2007): critical-maintained{{r|barb|page=111}}}}
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| country = Sweden
| distribution = {{ubl|Bohuslän|Dalsland|Västergötland}}
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| maleweight = 600 kg{{r|eaap}}
| femaleweight = 425 kg{{r|eaap}}
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| coat = usually black or brown colour-sided
| horn = polled (hornless)
| subspecies = taurus
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The Bohuskulla is an endangered Swedish breed of hornless mountain cattle. It originates from the area of the {{illm|Kynnefjäll|sv}} plateau in northern Bohuslän and Dalsland, in western Sweden. It is a traditional domestic Swedish breed, and derives from a group of cattle discovered in the 1990s in Skepplanda, in Västergötland, close to the border with Bohuslän.{{r|for}} Microsatellite analysis has shown it to be closely related to the Fjällko mountain cattle of Sweden.
History
The Bohuskulla is a traditional domestic Swedish breed. Microsatellite analysis has shown it to be closely related to the Fjällko mountain cattle of Sweden.{{r|tapio}} It originates from the barren pasture land of the {{illm|Kynnefjäll|sv}} plateau in northern Bohuslän and Dalsland, in western Sweden. Many were exported to Norway in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.{{r|for}}
In the 1990s a small population was identified in Skepplanda, in Västergötland, close to the border with Bohuslän; the cattle had been brought from the Kynnefjäll.{{r|for}} A herd-book for the breed was established in 1993.{{r|neurocad}}
There is a programme of recovery and conservation of the breed.{{r|bett2}} The Bohuskulla is grouped with two other endangered indigenous cattle breeds, the Ringamålako and the Väneko, as Allmogekor, or roughly "Swedish native cattle".{{r|cabi|page=307|bett2}} Conservation and registration of these populations is managed by a society, the Föreningen Allmogekon.{{r|neurocad}}
In the past, some cross-breeding with the Fjällnära boskap breed of mountain cattle was allowed. Under a new breeding plan drawn up in 2007, this is no longer permitted.{{r|for}}
In 2011 the total Bohuskulla population was reported to be 39 cows and 11 bulls, with semen from a further 7 bulls available for artificial insemination.{{r|for}} In 2008 the Bohuskulla was reported to DAD-IS with 36 registered cows.{{r|bett2}} In 2016 it was no longer among the breeds reported by the Swedish Board of Agriculture.{{r|dad}}
Characteristics
The Bohuskulla has the typical qualities of mountain cattle: it is agile, fertile, and calves easily. The coat is variable; it is often colour-sided, either black or brown.{{r|for}} Like the Fjällko, it is naturally polled (without horns).{{r|cabi|p=104}} Bulls weigh approximately {{nobreak|600 kg}}, cows about {{nobreak|425 kg}}.{{r|eaap}}
Use
Like the other Allmogeko breeds, the Bohuskulla is not very productive.{{r|bett2}}
References
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{{Cattle breeds of Sweden}}
Category:Cattle breeds originating in Sweden
Category:Agriculture in Sweden
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