SDM - Dansk Holstein
(most common name)

(transboundary/brand name):
• Holstein (black and white)
(local/other name):
• Sortbroget Dansk Malkerace
local/other name (English):
• Black Pied Danish
• Danish Black Pied
• Danish Black-and-White Milk
• Danish Holstein

The SDM - Dansk Holstein is considered a composite breed that began in 1949 when Danish Jutland cattle were mixed with an increasing population of Dutch Friesian and German Black Pied cattle.

Starting in 1965, imported Holstein semen (mainly from the USA and Canada) changed the Danish Friesian into a strain of the international Holstein.

Since 1998, the SDM - Dansk Holstein now has only 25% of its genes originating from the original Danish Black Pied dual-purpose breed from before 1965 (known as SDM-1965).

(Danish) Sortbroget = black and white
(Danish) Dansk = Danish
(Danish) Malkerace = milking race
(Danish) Sortbroget Dansk Malkerace = black and white Danish milking race

This page was last updated on: 2023-08-26

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