Embryos and donors available Pustertaler breed
In collaboration with our company veterinarian, we produce embryos exclusively in our breeding facility using natural methods.
We select and raise our donors from birth.
The mares or heifers selected based on breed requirements are subjected to the necessary gynecological and health checks before superovulation.
It is possible to agree, after contacting us, on possible donor matings and available breeders.
CHARACTERISTICS
Pusteltaler Barà:
Originally from the Pusteria Valley, it is a dual-purpose breed that blends well with the characteristics of our territory.
Now present in limited numbers, genetic studies were conducted in Germany at the end of the 1980s to promote its repopulation.
In the early 2000s, genetic studies recognized the Piedmontese strain, which until then had not been recognized as a breed and was called “Barà” by breeders.
In 2005, the Barà Pustertaler breed was recognized by the AIA as a breed and registered in the genealogical register of the APAs of Turin and Cuneo.
The Pustertaler is a bovine breed originating from the Pusteria Valley in Trentino-Alto Adige and present in Italy, Germany and Austria, where it is called Pustertaler Schecken or Pustertaler Sprinzen[1]. Genetic studies carried out in 2001 have shown that the Piedmontese Barà breed is very similar, if not comparable, to the Pustertaler, and the two populations are therefore treated as a single breed by the Registry of Bovine Breeds, by the Italian Breeders' Association and by the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies.
The Pustertaler is particularly well-suited to mountain environments and prized for its dual purpose of milk and meat production. As a rare and endangered breed, it is protected throughout its range.
The Pustertaler breed originates from the Puster Valley, and over time has spread to the neighboring valleys and the Isarco Valley. It belongs to the Pied Mountain branch, descending, according to some theories, from Austrian breeds such as the Pinzgauer crossed with red-pied or black-pied cattle, or from crosses carried out over the centuries between native Alpine breeds and cattle brought by Bavarian, Slavic, and Swiss settlers.
The characteristics and appearance of the Pustertaler were definitively consolidated in the first half of the nineteenth century.
After the Second World War, the Pustertaler experienced an inexorable decline linked to two aspects: on the one hand, the spread of increasingly specialized breeds, on the other, the new regulations introduced on animal reproduction, which led the breed to the point of extinction.
After the Second World War, the Pustertaler experienced an inexorable decline linked to two aspects: on the one hand, the spread of increasingly specialized breeds, on the other, the new regulations introduced on animal reproduction, which led the breed to the point of extinction.
The coat pigmentation features the so-called "molina" line, a distinctive white line that extends from the neck to the perineum, continuing uninterrupted along the back and rump, and then continuing along the inner sides of the thighs and belly. The pigmented areas extend more or less markedly along the animal's sides: symmetrically along the flanks, especially the ribs, and less regularly along the abdomen, jaws, and face. The muzzle, eyelids, eyebrows, ears, distal parts of the limbs, and the tips of the horns may also be colored. The markings can be very small, with small spots resembling splashes (fiurinà or sfrisà in the local dialect), or larger with large spots, resulting in an almost closed coat. The color can be black (the most common) or red-brown.
