Blue Albion History - albioncattlesociety
Considering these numbers, the Blue Albion was set to become a major cattle breed of the UK, until disaster struck. In 1923/4 there was a serious Foot & Mouth outbreak which wiped out many Albion herds. This coincided with a national agricultural depression, which …
The Albion Cattle Society
This site has been created to provide information about this dual purpose rare breed and to allow Albion cattle to be registered. Albions have recently (October 2018) been officially recognised as a true native breed by being added to the Rare Breeds Survival Trust watch list. They are listed as the most rare 'priority' breed and it is our aim ...
Breed focus: Albions are worth taking a closer look at
2021年4月19日 · The Blue Albion was set to become a major cattle breed of the UK, even winning top milk awards at the Royal Show. But in 1923-24, there was a Foot-and-Mouth outbreak that wiped out many Albion herds. This coincided with a national agricultural depression, which dramatically lowered cattle prices, along with dairy breeds like the Friesian ...
Albion - Rare Breeds Survival Trust
True bred ones can be blue-roan, white or mainly black with little white. This is because the breed has a dominant white gene, not often found in cattle breeds, which is definitely ‘true breeding’.
Blue Albion - Wikiwand
The Blue Albion was a British breed of cattle with an unusual blue roan coat. It originated in the English Midlands in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century, and was a dual-purpose breed, reared both for beef and for milk. It became extinct following the foot-and-mouth outbreak of 1967.
Rare Albion cattle recognised on the RBST Watchlist
Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) has just welcomed the very rare Albion cattle onto the Watchlist, as a recognised UK native rare breed. Originally from Derbyshire, where they were known as “Bakewell Blues” or “Blue Albions”, in recent years the Albion Cattle Society decided to lose the ‘blue’ to better reflect the variety of ...
All the Colours! - albioncattlesociety
The albion colouring pattern is similar to the shorthorn, having a dominant 'white' gene which has the ability to produce the blue roan colouring when mixed with the 'black' gene. In the early days, producers were only trying to produce 'Blue' Albions and they cast out any white or black ones, not understanding genetics.
Albion Cattle Breeders, Societies and Associations
Blue Albions were originally called the ‘Bakewell Blues’, originating in Derbyshire. Rare Albion Cattle Recognised on the RBST Watchlist 2018-Oct-05 Surviving against the odds, an historic cattle breed has been formally recognised for the first time since the 1960’s.
The Albion breed of cattle... - British Breeds Revival Trust
The Albion breed of cattle (formerly known as the Blue Albion) was a well-known midlands area of England native breed of dual-purpose cattle that was very popular in the 1920s. The breed was decimated by foot and mouth disease and lost ground after competition from specialist milk and meat cattle breeds that made dual-purpose breeds less ...
Blue Albion cattle | CABI Compendium - CABI Digital Library
2017年11月7日 · Blue Albion cattle. Author: CABI Authors Info & Affiliations. Publication: CABI Compendium. https://doi.org/10.1079/cabicompendium.91517. Datasheet Type: Breed. Get Access. Abstract. This datasheet on Blue Albion cattle covers Identity. Get full access to this article. View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.