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Pirenaica to improve meat and milk yield. In 1912 a census of cattle in Gipuzkoa found about 50,000 head, of which less than 40% were pure-bred Pirenaica stock; the remainder were Braunvieh and Braunvieh-Pirenaica crosses, in roughly equal proportions. In 1954 there were 18,000 head, but by
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the 1970s the
Pirenaica was close to extinction. In 1974 it had disappeared from the Basque Country, with the exception of about 40 head in Gipuzkoa; in Navarre about 1500 head remained, of which about 1000 were in the valley of
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in 1905, the first of its kind in Spain; in 1925 a herd book was opened in
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The Pirenaica was formerly a triple-purpose breed, used as a
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of north-eastern Spain. It is distributed mainly in the
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Evolución de la morfología en la raza vacuna Pirenaica
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338:Comunitat Valenciana
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699:Bruna dels Pirineus
52:(2007): not at risk
46:Conservation status
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346:La Rioja
280:Gipuzkoa
262:and the
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92:Standard
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764:Morucha
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270:History
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211:comarca
169:wheaten
39:Navarre
35:Ezcároz
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177:horned
156:132 cm
149:150 cm
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141:Height
131:525 kg
124:800 kg
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