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Breeds beginning with L

5 breeds under L.

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🇳🇱 Netherlands and 1 moreLakenvelder A small Dutch dual-purpose breed with a black or red coat and a broad white belt around the middle.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Docile

🇱🇻 LatviaLatvian Brown A red dairy breed from Latvia, developed from Angeln stock and once numbering over a million head.Taurine · Dairy · Docile

🇱🇹 LithuaniaLithuanian RedLietuvos žalieji A red beef breed from Lithuania, bred from Danish Red and local cattleTaurine · Beef · Thrifty foragers

🇫🇷 FranceLourdaiseLordés A rare white Pyrenean breed from near Lourdes, once milk, meat and draught in oneTaurine · Beef

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreLuing A hardy red or dun beef cow from Luing, a Hebridean island, first made in 1947Composite · Beef · Cold-hardy

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Lithuanian Red: Aleksandrs Timofejevs, CC0, source
Lakenvelder: Dickelbers, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Luing: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Latvian Brown: Ingrīda Briede, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Lourdaise: Darreenvt, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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