Breed: Deutsches Shorthorn
Species: Cattle
Colour: Red, red pied as far as white, or roan colored
Weight: male: 700-900 kg, female: 500-600 kg
Height: male: 140 cm, female: 130 cm
Country: Germany
Description: middle-framed meat breed. Red, red pied as far as white, or roan colored. Originally only horned animals in the german animals, through crossing with scottish animals now higher part of polled animals. .Originally from the northeast of England. Today also in North- and Southamerica as well as in many other countries. In Germany mostly on the peninsula of Eiderstedt (Schleswig-Holstein).Ca. 300 animals (2006) distributed in small herds which stay with hobby breeders.
History: First herdbooks in England, but also in Germany. Around 1840 the basis of the shorthorn breeding was in founded in Schleswig-Holstein
Specials: Good Food Converter, Light calving, Excellent meat quality Light calving, good food converter, excellent meat quality. Aptness to get fat. Very good suitability for the extensive cattle husbandry. Oldest culture- respectively breeding race worldwide. Subsidies through the province Schleswig-Holstein: for every purebreed calve the breeder gets 75 Euro.
Uses: Meat, Landscape management