Swedish Red Pied Explained

Swedish Red Pied
Status:FAO (2007): extinct
Country:Sweden
Use:milk
Coat:red and white
Horn:horned in both sexes
Subspecies:taurus

The Swedish Red Pied, Swedish: '''Rödbrokig Svensk Boskap'''|italic=no, frequently abbreviated to RSB, was a Swedish breed of dairy cattle. It is now considered extinct. It was merged in the 1920s with the Swedish Ayrshire breed to create the Swedish Red-and-White (Swedish: {{noitalic|Svensk Röd och Vit Boskap or SRB), which is one of the principal dairy breeds of Sweden.

History

The Swedish Red Pied originated in the nineteenth century from cross-breeding of local cattle with imported Ayrshire and Shorthorn stock. A herd-book was established in 1892. At some time between then and 1928, the traditional Herrgård, Skåne and Småland breeds were merged into the Swedish Red Pied; they are thus considered to be extinct. In the 1920s the Swedish Red Pied population was large; however, it suffered from competition from the Swedish Ayrshire.

In either 1927 or 1928 the Swedish Red Pied and Swedish Ayrshire breeds were merged to create the new Swedish Red-and-White (Swedish: {{noitalic|Svensk Röd och Vit Boskap or SRB), which is one of the two principal dairy breeds of Sweden.