Balkan donkey

Balkan donkey

A donkey carrying wood

Balkan donkey
Other names
  • Domaći balkanski magarac
  • Mountain donkey
  • Domestic Balkan donkey
Country of origin Serbia, Montenegro
Use
  • transport
  • burden
  • meat
  • milk
Donkey
Equus asinus

The Balkan donkey or mountain donkey, Serbian: Domaći balkanski magarac, is a breed of domestic donkey originating in the Balkans.[1] It is reported from Serbia[1] and Montenegro.[2]

A herd of about 100 Balkan donkeys in the Zasavica Reserve, Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia are used to make the world's most expensive cheese, pule cheese.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Breed data sheet: Balkan donkey / Serbia. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed May 2014.
  2. ↑ Breed data sheet: Balkanski magarac / Montenegro. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed May 2014.
  3. ↑ B92 - News - Balkan donkey, and "world's priciest cheese"
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