Diversity

About Calvana CattleAbout Calvana Cattle



Calvana (or Calvanna) Cattle were once very common in the Tuscan Appennines, Italy. Today only a few heads are bred in the Calvana and Mugello mountains to the east of Prato. they is considered to be a type of Chianina Breed, but they are smaller.

Since 1985 the Registry Office of autochthonous cattle breeds and ethnic groups of limited diffusion has been founded, in order to protect those Italian cattle breeds at risk of extinction and to safeguard this genetic heritage. Among them there are the following breeds: Agerolese, Bianca Val Padana (Modenese), Burlina, Cabannina, Calvana, Cinisara, Garfagnina, Modicana, Mucca Pisana, Pezzata Rossa d’Oropa, Pinzgau, Pontremolese, Pustertaler, Reggiana, Sarda, Sardo-Modicana, Varzese.

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