Czech Black Pied
(most common name in English)

(most common name):
• Holstynsky
(transboundary/brand name):
• Holstein (black and white)
(local/other name):
• Holštýnské
• Nižinne černostrakate

The Czech Black Pied appears to have been renamed the Holstynsky (Holstein). A herdbook was established in 1990 and it is the second most important dairy breed in the Czech Republic.

The original Czech Black Pied (Nižinne černostrakate in Czech) began as a Black Pied Lowland breed but is now considered an imported population due to the continual addition of:
• Danish Black Pieds
• Dutch Friesians
• German Black Pieds

This page was last updated on: 2023-05-16

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