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Over the last few years, France and Wallonia developed an adapted framework for the development of Bleue Mixte (Bleue du Nord in France and the Blanc-Bleu Belge mixed type in Belgium). However, to help livestock breeders preserve these endangered populations, it was crucial to ignore borders and establish a common structure for selection/conservation programmes. The creation of a brand image also ...

Following the testing started under INTERREG III in dairy-beef farms in France and Belgium, the second phase of the projects aims at assessing and identifying Blanc-Bleu bulls in the cross-border area that are geneticallysuited for cross-breeding. Indeed, both regions are complementary in terms of cross-breeding races: France contributes the necessary cows for testing, while Belgium provides the s ...