Highland Cattle The breed was developed in the Scottish Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland. Breeding stock has been exported to the rest of the world, especially Australia and North America, since the early 20th Century. The breed was developed from two sets of stock, one originally black, and the other reddish. Although there are several coat colours in existence since the late 1800s, most are caused by alleles at the MC1R gene (E locus) and the PMEL or SILV gene (D locus). They cope with Cold And Wet conditions and eat plants that other cattle will avoid there is a small heard down at the North Cave Wetlands, where this Cow was photographed during a late summers afternoon. Which do prefer Colour or Black & White
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 21:30:46 +0000
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