Marchigiana
The Marchigiana Cattle Breed was is a Podolica-origin breed descended from the Asiatic cattle that reached Italy during the fourth century AD following the barbarian invasions. In order to improve the original stock, the Marchigiana was crossed with the Chianina and then with the Romagnola. In 1928, all types of crossbreeding were stopped so that the breed's extrinsic traits could be fixed through morphological and functional selection.
