The animals of our land
In everyone, Portugal has 51 indigenous races: cows, horses and donkeys, donkeys, sheep and goats, chickens and turkeys, are recorded in hereditary books. See the big report here.
It is a huge genetic variation that puts Portugal in a remarkable position compared to most European countries. This expansion of domestic animals with unique features includes the historical roots of ancestors and the results from our geographical position in the western intensity of Europe.
“For example cattle, and sheep and pigs were breeded in the Middle East and later dispersed When They reach the Iberian Peninsula, crossing the means of the Mediterranean and Northern Europe, and eventually exacerbating this variation. Can’t you go anywhere? There is nowhere to go! It is also confirmed in England, even though it is an island, ”said Catarina Ginza, a genetic scientist.
Periodic, rustic and atmospheric and landscaped: these are the main characteristics of indigenous species that have over thousands of years. This example of Marina sheep. During the Muslim occupation, the Berber tribe introduced the Iberian Peninsula by the “Ben Merin”, which spread all over the world with wool, popularly known for the softness of touch.
“It is in the house of Germany. It is in the house of the Alps, which is in the house of the Alps, which is in the Rambouleet – it is a village next to the Versailles – at home, in the Iberian peninsula, we know everyone at home. It is South Africa, Livan’s Association (Laughter).
In Alto Minho, the creation of homemade poultry is always a way to compose the economy of the home. Women’s Business, Parades Municipality of Parades Da Cora tries to restore the village of Linhers, poultry chickens, yellow chickens, yellow, stones and lucitanic black, respectful representatives of Portuguese indigenous races:
“They know that they have nothing to do with what they are producing. The elderly, women and meat are not white meat, it is not such a clear gem of the egg, egg yolk, it is dark yolk (…) and now they soup with such a chick.” Linhers calves.
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