Gloucester cattle

The Gloucester cattle are a breed of cattle from Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. The breed was formerly known as Old Gloucestershire.

The cattle have a reddish-brown to black -brown color and a white belly and back color ( so-called Rückenscheckung ). The animals are medium-to large-boned (weight of a cow about 500 to 650 kg).

Gloucester cattle there since the 13th century in the Cotswolds and the Severn Valley.

They are particularly noted for their milk, which is used for the production of the famous Gloucester cheese, as well. Their strength and good nature as oxen, and for their meat

1972, a larger herd of this breed was only left and Gloucester cattle close to extinction. In 1973, the " Gloucester Cattle Society " ( " Gloucester Cattle Society " ) was re-established. Today the breed with over 650 registered cows is more numerous and preserved back from immediate danger of extinction.

The Stinking Bishop is a cheese made ​​exclusively from Gloucester milk.