Randall cattle in the USA: rescuing a genetic resource from extinction

• Published in: Animal Genetic Resources Information
• Main Authors: Sponenberg, D.P., Creech, C., Miller, W.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2007
• Subjects: North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1014233900002285; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1014233900002285

Summary Randall Cattle are a landrace from the northeast USA. The cattle are triple-purpose and well adapted to the cold northeast geographic region. The current population descends from 14 cattle that remained after the death of the original owner, though only 12 of these represented unique founder...