Danish Jersey

{{Infobox cattle breed

| name = Danish Jersey

| image = Jerseykvaeg.jpg

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| status = {{ubl|FAO (2007): not listed{{r|barb|p=36}}|DAD-IS (2022): not at risk{{r|dad}}}}

| altname = Dansk Jersey

| country = Denmark

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| use = dairy

| weight =

| maleweight = average 750 kg{{r|dad}}

| femaleweight = average 450 kg{{r|dad}}

| height =

| maleheight = average 134 cm{{r|dad}}

| femaleheight = average 124 cm{{r|dad}}

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| horn = horned in both sexes

| subspecies = taurus

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The Danish Jersey is a modern Danish breed of dairy cattle. It derives from approximately 5200 head of Jersey cattle imported to Denmark from the island of Jersey between about 1896 and 1909. It is the most numerous population of Jersey cattle in Europe and constitutes approximately 13% of the Danish dairy herd.{{r|cabi|p=166}}

File:Jersey Cow in straw bedding.JPG

Characteristics

Danish Jerseys are smaller in stature than other dairy breeds (115-120 cm tall). They are fawn in colour with white markings not being uncommon. Coat colours will vary from lighter to dark brown, almost black. Darker brown can be found on their extremities (nose, feet, ears, and tail). Cows can weigh around 350-425 kg while bulls can weigh around 500-600 kg. Males have usually a darker coat than females.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cattlenetwork.net/Breeds/jersey.htm|title=Jersey|website=www.cattlenetwork.net|access-date=2018-11-25|archive-date=2018-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206090808/http://www.cattlenetwork.net/Breeds/jersey.htm|url-status=dead}}

Industry

2016 Danish Jersey production statistics are on an average per cow per year basis. Total milk: 7,359 kg. Total fat: 434 kg. Fat percentage: 5.90%. Total protein: 305 kg. Protein percentage: 4.14%.{{Cite news|url=http://danishjerseys.com/index.php/237-2/|title=Viking Jersey - Breeding Aims - Danish Jersey Cattle|last=Nordicbull|work=Danish Jersey Cattle|access-date=2018-11-24|language=en-GB|archive-date=2018-11-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126082609/http://danishjerseys.com/index.php/237-2/|url-status=dead}}

References

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Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20200623201209/http://www.fao.org/3/a1250e/annexes/List%20of%20breeds%20documented%20in%20the%20Global%20Databank%20for%20Animal%20Genetic%20Resources/List_breeds.pdf List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources], annex to [https://web.archive.org/web/20170110125634/http://www.fao.org/3/a-a1250e.pdf The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture]. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. {{ISBN|9789251057629}}. Archived 23 June 2020.

Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). [https://books.google.com/books?id=2UEJDAAAQBAJ Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding] (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. {{ISBN|9781780647944}}.

[https://dadis-breed-datasheet-ext-ws.firebaseapp.com/?country=DNK&specie=Cattle&breed=Dansk%20Jersey&lang=en Breed data sheet: Dansk Jersey / Denmark (Cattle)]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed January 2022.

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Danish Jersey

Characteristics

Industry

References

Further reading