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Conservation Status

Not extinct

Last Record

The 1950s

Place of Breeding

Western Romania | Moldova

Variety

former variety of Bucsan | Ialomita | Moldavian | Transylvanian

Synonym

Romanian Grey Steppe | Sură de Stepă

Extinction Reason

Crossbreeding with the Simmental, Swiss Brown, and Romanian Red

References

Breeds of Cows Directory: “B”: Bachaur - Busa. MooCow.com. (2007). http://www.moocow.com/info/breedsofcows/b.breedsofcows.shtml

GADDINI, A., & DASCALU, D. L. (2018). Sura de Stepă Breed. Eurocarni, 3, 72–79. http://www.andreagaddini.it/Sura de Stepa Gaddini 2018.pdf

GEORGESCU, S. E., MANEA, M. A., ZAULET, M., & COSTACHE , M. (2009). Genetic diversity among Romanian cattle breeds with a special focus on the Romanian Grey Steppe Breed. Romanian Biotechnological Letters, 14(1), 4194–4200. http://www.rombio.eu/rbl1vol14/1-5/15_Georgescu_bt.pdf

Harju, A. (2019). Steppe Sura. Dreamstime.com. Retrieved from https://www.dreamstime.com/steppe-sura-cow-pasture-native-breed-best-meat-producers-central-europe-th-centuries-image234471790.

Porter, V., & Mason, I. L. (2002). Mason’s World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties (5th ed.). Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK: CABI Publishing.

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.

Vlaic, A., Rusu, A., Cighi, V., Ciupercescu, D., Coroi, P., Criste, F., & Costea, V. (2006). ROMANIAN GREY STEPPE CATTLE: A NATIONAL TRESOR IN DANGER OF EXTINCTION. EMBRYO TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY: A TOOL TO AVOID THIS. Buletin USAMV- CN, 63. http://journals.usamvcluj.ro/index.php/zootehnie/article/viewFile/2742/2627