What is Holstein Friesian?
[[File:Cow female black white.jpg|thumb|A Holstein Friesian cow.]] [[File:Holstein Friesian bull in Belarus.jpg|thumb|A Holstein Friesian [[bull]].]] '''Holstein Friesians''' are a [[breed]] of [[cattle]] originating from the [[North Holland]] and [[Friesland]] provinces of the [[Netherlands]], and also the [[Schleswig-Holstein|Schleswig-Holtstein]] state in northern [[Germany]]. Like other cattle, they are used as [[livestock]] for [[Dairy product|dairy]] and [[beef]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Breeds - Holstein|url=https://www.thecattlesite.com/breeds/dairy/22/holstein/|access-date=2021-04-29|website=The Cattle Site|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Holstein-Friesian {{!}} breed of cattle|url=https://www.britannica.com/animal/Holstein-Friesian|access-date=2021-04-29|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> ==Overview== The breed weighs about 600 to 750 kg. A newborn calf weighs about 40 to 45 kg (sometimes even more).<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1947-07-01|title=Sources of Variation in the Birth Weight of Holstein-Friesian Calves|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030247923746|journal=Journal of Dairy Science|language=en|volume=30|issue=7|pages=483–498|doi=10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(47)92374-6|issn=0022-0302|last1=Tyler|first1=W.J.|last2=Chapman|first2=A.B.|last3=Dickerson|first3=G.E.}}</ref> The breed is about about 1.45 m high. It can produce up to about 8,000 kg of milk per year (10,000 to 16,000 kg / year in top animals). It's milk is 4.2% fat and 3.4% egg white per liter (at high milk production the percentages may be slightly lower). ==History== The Holstein Friesian could have originated after Frisian and Batavian cows were bred with each other, about 2000 years ago.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Holstein-Friesian Cattle - an overview {{!}} ScienceDirect Topics|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/holstein-friesian-cattle|access-date=2021-06-02|website=www.sciencedirect.com}}</ref> Over the centuries, the cow is being used as a