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'''2.1.''' '''COWS AND OXEN'''== Cows and oxen ==
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Neither were they particularly concerned about ensuring the breed purity of the animals that they raised. Cross-breeding aimed at achieving, empirically, a better return had always been common.
The native breeds in the territory studied are animals adapted to the hard mountain climate conditions, where they spend most of their life cycle. The main breed has been the ''terreña'' in Álava, the ''betizu'' on the Atlantic side of the watershed, except for Las Encartaciones in Bizkaia which is home to the ''monchina''. Another common native breed is the ''Pyrenean ''cow, which suffered a significant decline in recent decades, but which has now recovered somewhat in number.
=== Pyrenean ===
The Pyrenean is another breed spread over a large geographical area. It used to be found over most of the territory studied. Unlike the other breeds, and despite its adaptation to upland life, these animals were kept on farmsteads for meat and some milk and were used as draught animals. During the 20<sup>th</sup> 20th century, they suffered a significant fall in numbers possibly caused by the introduction of the Brown Swiss that were already more important than the Pyreneans in terms of milk production, as well as being used for meat and in the yoke.
== Ewes ==
{{DISPLAYTITLE: II. ANIMAL BREEDS}} {{#bookTitle:Livestock Farming and Shepherding in the Basque Country|Ganaderia_y_pastoreo_en_vasconia/en}}
