The
Danish
Galloway
Society
 
 

Galloway
in
Denmark
 
 

Herdbook
 
 

Import/Export
Chairman: 
    Thorkild Rohde 
    Korsvejen 11, Dollerup    
    DK - 8800 Viborg   
    Denmark   

    Tlf. 0045 8663 7004 
    Fax: 0045 8667 5088

 Secretary:
    Dorte Carlé  
    Brændholtvej 91  
    DK-4340 Tølløse 
    Denmark

    Tlf. 0045 5918 9291 
    Fax: 0045 5918 9281

E-mail:
DORTE_CARLE@HP-Denmark-om1.om.hp.com  
The first galloway bulls were imported to Denmark in 1969 from Scotland for crossing beef cattle. In the following years a few private and governmental herds were founded. During the eighties Galloway went more popular and a small amount of cattle were imported from Scotland. In the following years the number of animals were fairly constant. The surplus were exported, mostly to Germany, but also to Austria and Switzerland. In the last couple of years the prices have gone down and the number of animals and of galloway breeders has gone up. So the interest for the race is growing at the moment.

The intensive agriculture in Denmark leaves little land for extensive care. Still there are heathers, salt marshes, meadows and hilly areas well suited as galloway pasture.
The number of mothercows in the herdbook is at the moment around 200 head, or about 1.3% of all purebred danish beefcattle. There are close to fifty members of the danish galloway society.

Up till 1996 all galloways were black or dun. Recently we have imported belted and white as well. This import require a revision of the structure of the herdbook. That will take place in spring 1999.

The danish galloway herdbook has been closed, except for a short period  in 1989. At that time a rather large number of unregistered, but purebred galloways went into an appendix to the herdbook as F1's. After 4 generations they can advance to the main book.
 
The danish registration system requires an eartag with registration number in every calf within 15 days after birth, whether its from a big milkfarm or just a backyard calf. The number follows the animal through life, it's used in the herdbook, in veterinary contacts, weighing controls and at the slaughterhouse. The system gives an excellent control of diseases and is the bases of a large export of livestock.

The bloodtype of the breeding bull in a herd is checked against the bloodtypes of his parents and his grandfathers on the bull side. The heredity must not be excluded on basis of the bloodtypes. This control makes the herdbook very reliable, and is a demand for all danish beef breeds. 
To get a peace of cattle into a danish herdbook of any race, the following demands must be fullfilled
    • There shall be a correct pedigree from the exporting country.
    • Cattle from appendices to a herdbook can not be imported.
    • The heritage of bulls should not be rejected on basis of bloodtype test.
Control of diseases:
    This is a complicated subject, highly dependent on geography. Especially whether the import is from outside or inside EU. Futhermore there are special rules for Sweden, Finland, Great Britain and Eire. Details can be requested from the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, E-mail: vfd@vfd.dk
For import from EU the conditions are roughly as follows: 
    Import from Great Britain and Eire is not allowed at the moment.

    IBR:
    Vaccinated animals can not be imported. 
    There must not have been any sign of IBRin the exporting herd within the last 12 month. 
    An IBR-test taken 21 days after a 30-days  isolation start has to be negative. 
    A blocking ELISA-test is recommended. 
    There are no IBR-restrictions in connection with import from Sweden and Finland.

    BVD:
    Imported animals must be tested and found free of BVD-virus. 
    Calves under 3 month have to be found free of antibody.

    Tuberculoses:
    Animals older than 6 weeks have to be tested.

    Brucelloce:
    Animals older than 12 month have to be tested.

    Leucose:
    Animals older than 12 month have to be tested. 

All tests have to be taken within 30 days before the import. 
A health certificate and a transport certificate shall follow the cattle under the transport. 
The transport vehicle shall be cleaned and disinfected before the transport. 
All this is controlled and the animal is eartagged by the county veterinary short after arrival.

These strict danish genetic and health controls secure a very reliable herdbook system and a high health standard, a sound basis for export. 
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More information
about danish beef cattle
can be found on
www.cattle.dk/beef
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Webmaster:  Ernst Kempf, Email kronenshede@image.dk

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Last modified February 10, 2004