In Austria, Murboden Cattle are primarily bred in Carinthia, Styria, and Lower Austria, and in Slovenia. These mountain cattle serve as beef and milk producers and also as draught animals. They have hair that ranges in color from yellow to light red or gray, with deeper red markings around their horns, eyes, and nose. In Slovenia, the breed is known as Pomurska, and some purebred herds still exist.
People mixed older local mountain breeds, including Murztal Cattle from the Mur Valley, Ennstal Mountain Pieds, and Carinthian Blondvieh to create Murboden Cattle. In the early 19th century, breeding aimed to produce a uniform type, and a herdbook was established in 1869.
Cows stand 130 to 140 cm and weigh from 700 to 800 kg; bulls are 140 and 150 cm and weigh 1,200 kg.
After World War II the population decreased greatly and there was crossing with other breeds. Only at the beginning of the 1980s were Murboden cattle increasingly bred again, with the Austrian government running a conservation program.
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