Metadata

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last Record

1967

Place of Breeding

Northern Derbyshire and Staffordshire, England

Synonym

Blue English | Derbyshire Blue

Extinction Reason

A foot-and-mouth outbreak and the subsequent culling required to get the disease under control

References

Blue Albion History. THE ALBION CATTLE SOCIETY. (2016). https://www.albioncattlesociety.co.uk/blue-albion-history

Cheese, A. (1980). Blue Albion Cattle. THE ALBION CATTLE SOCIETY, 1–8. https://www.albioncattlesociety.co.uk/_files/ugd/c7fcd3_6a5e348b9a8c472aaeab0d1537504732.pdf

Dohner, J. V. (2001). The Encyclopedia of Historic and Endangered Livestock and Poultry Breeds. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

Porter, V., Alderson, L., Hall, S. J. G., & Sponenberg, D. P. (2016). Mason’s World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding: 2 Volume Pack (1st ed.). Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK: CABI.