The question of racial differentiation is investigated with the help of molecular genetic studies. In addition to distinguishing between individual breeds and racial groups, it is also intended to determine how well an individual animal can be assigned to a specific breed based on its molecular genetic information.

In the planned WT, a genetic differentiation of cattle breeds is to be carried out that can be assigned to the group of monochrome breeds or for which a common breeding history is assumed. The Blond cattle breeds in Austria include the Carinthian Blond cattle, the Waldviertel Blond cattle and the Murbodner cattle. Crossbreeding with Franconian Gelbvieh is suspected for all local Blondvieh breeds. Hungarian gray cattle are also said to have been crossed into the Waldviertler Blondvieh. The main goal of this project is to clarify the genetic similarities of the cattle breeds examined and to incorporate the results into future conservation work. In this way, genetic bottlenecks that lead to a reduction in gene variants can be avoided in small populations.