Angeln cattle

Angeln
Conservation status
    • Modern type:
    •      FAO (2007): not at risk: 136 
    •      DAD-IS (2026): not at risk
    • Traditional type:
    •      FAO (2007): endangered: 49 
    •      DAD-IS (2026): at risk/critical
    •      GEH (2026): I: extremely endangered
Other names
  • Angler
  • Angler Rind alter Zuchtrichtung
  • Angler Rotvieh
  • Angler-Deutsches Rotvieh
  • Deutsches Rotvieh-Angler
  • Red Angeln
  • Rotvieh alter Angler Zuchtrichtung
Country of originGermany
Distributionworld-wide
Usemilk
Traits
Coatdeep red
Die Angler Kuh, historic illustration of a cow by Benno Adam, 1851

The Angeln or Angler is a German breed of cattle originally from Angeln in Schleswig-Holstein, formerly a part of Denmark. The coat is a uniform solid dark red, and the skin is pigmented (black).: 175 

Its history is closely linked to that of the Danish Red, which developed with Angeln influence in the nineteenth century, and was later used to improve the Angeln.: 108  Both fall within a group of red Central European breeds, many of which now form part of the modern European Red Dairy Breed group.: 175 

In the twenty-first century two types are recognised: the modern Angeln, which has substantial introgression from Finnish Ayrshire, Red Holstein and Swedish Red-and-White and is known as the Deutsches Rotvieh-Angler;: 96  and the endangered traditional type, the Angler Rind alter Zuchtrichtung or Rotvieh alter Angler Zuchtrichtung.: 95 : 48 

History

A breed society was formed in 1879, and a herd-book was started in 1885.: 95 : 29 

Characteristics

In the traditional type, body weights for cows are usually between 450 and 650 kg and heights at the withers from 126 to 142 cm;: 108  bulls weigh on average 1100 kg and stand about 150 cm.: 16  In the modern type, average weight for cows is about 650 kg with a height of some 140 to 145 cm; bulls weigh approximately 1000 kg and stand about 155 cm.: 96 

Use

In 2018 the milk yield per lactation was reported at about 5500 kg for the traditional type and about 7000 kg for the modern type, with a butter-fat content of 5.5% and milk protein content of 3.5% for both types. A higher yield is reported elsewhere for the modern type in 2007–2008: 8385 kg, with 4.73% fat and 3.63% protein.: 96 

References

  1. 1 2 3 Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
  2. 1 2 Breed Data Sheet: Deutsches Rotvieh-Angler / Germany (Cattle). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed October 2026.
  3. 1 2 Breed Data Sheet: Angler alter Zuchtrichtung / Germany (Cattle). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed October 2026.
  4. ↑ Angler Rind (alte Zuchtrichtung) (in German). Witzenhausen: Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung alter und gefährdeter Haustierrassen. Archived 6 June 2026.
  5. 1 2 [s.n.] (2016). Das Angler Rind (alte Zuchtrichtung) (in German). In: Gefährdete Rinderrassen. Witzenhausen: Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung alter und gefährdeter Haustierrassen. Archived 24 January 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
  7. ↑ Danish Cattle Breeds. North European Cattle Diversity. Kaunas: Lietuvos Veterinarijos Akademija. Archived 18 June 2007.
  8. ↑ Similar breeds in cattle: Red group - Central European Red. Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, School of Veterinary Medicine Hannover. Archived 18 May 2009.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Marleen Felius (2025). Cattle Breeds: An Encyclopedia. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 9789004449015.
  10. ↑ Valerie Porter, Ian Lauder Mason (2020). Mason's World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties (sixth edition). Wallingford; Boston: CABI. ISBN 9781789241532.
  11. ↑ Detlef L. Simon, Doris Buchenauer (1993). Results of Monitoring animal genetic resources by the EAAP Working Group on Animal Genetic Resources, e-book 2025. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 9789004684546.
  12. 1 2 Rassebeschreibung Rind: Angler (in German). Zentrale Dokumentation Tiergenetischer Ressourcen in Deutschland (TGRDEU). Archived 18 November 2019.
  13. ↑ Rassebeschreibung Rind: Rotvieh alter Angler Zuchtrichtung (in German). Zentrale Dokumentation Tiergenetischer Ressourcen in Deutschland (TGRDEU). Archived 18 November 2019.