Hoe de Nederlandse melkveerassen ontstonden en wat dat betekent voor hun behoud als levend erfgoed ; The origin of the Dutch dairy breeds and its significance for their conservation as living heritage

Abstract The three dairy breeds that dominated Dutch dairying in the twentieth century ‐ Black and White, Red and White, and Groningen Whitehead ‐ were first described by agriculturalist Iman van den Bosch on the basis of a quantitative analysis of their bodily dimensions. However, Van den Bosch did not analyse his data statistically, and a reanalysis with modern statistical tools shows that the data do not warrant a division into three distinct breeds. Historically, this is just a side note, yet it is important in light of recent conservation efforts. After the ‘Holsteinisation’ of the Dutch... Mehr ...