Murnau-Werdenfels Cattle
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The Murnau-Werdenfels Cattle is an old, robust race from Upper Bavaria, the farest south of Germany.
The animals are brown-yellow, but there are great colour variations from straw-yellow to reddish brown. Claws and horn tips are black. They are very longliving and fertil. It's the single breed in Germany that is specially adapted to a husbandry in bog landscapes.
They produce around 4,300 kg of milk per year (3.8% fat; 3.4 % protein). The cows reach 128-130 cm in height and a weight of 5-600 kg, while the bulls may reach 138-145 cm and 850-950 kg. Both bulls and oxen may be used for beef production.
Originally the breed is from Tyrol in Austria and closely related to the Brown Swiss Cattle and Braunvieh. Nowadays the main breeding region is around Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Murnau that is also called "Werdenfels Country". The population is closely to the danger of extinction, in the year 1996 there were only 500 animals, 2005 only 300 animals.
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