Japanese Black
Japanese breed of beef cattle / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Japanese Black (Japanese: 黒毛和種, Kuroge Washu) is a breed of Japanese beef cattle. It is one of six Japanese cattle breeds,[4] and one of the four Japanese breeds known as wagyu, the others being the Japanese Brown, the Japanese Polled and the Japanese Shorthorn.[5]: 420 All wagyu cattle derive from cross-breeding in the early twentieth century of native Japanese cattle with imported stock, mostly from Europe.[6]: 5 In the case of the Japanese Black, the foreign influence was from European breeds including Braunvieh, Shorthorn, Devon, Simmental, Ayrshire and Holstein.[3]
This article is about the cattle. For the lacquer, see Japan black. For the people, see Black people in Japan.
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Conservation status | FAO (2007): not at risk[1]: 71 |
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Country of origin | Japan |
Distribution | Kansai, Chūgoku, Shikoku, Kyūshū regions |
Use | meat |
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Coat | black[3] |
Horn status | horned in both sexes |
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