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🇵🇹 The cattle breeds of Portugal

9 breeds from Portugal, best known first, across 40 towns, fairs and pastures.

Cattle town Fair or market Pasture Ranch country Sanctuary or reserve City

🇵🇹 Portugal and 1 moreCachena A small Iberian breed from northern Portugal and Galicia, kept for beef and formerly for draught work.Taurine · Beef · Docile

🇵🇹 PortugalAlentejana A rustic, gentle meat breed from Portugal's Alentejo region, once used for field workTaurine · Beef · Docile

🇵🇹 PortugalMertolenga A southern Portuguese beef breed from Mértola, once a draught ox in the rice fieldsTaurine · Beef

🇵🇹 PortugalMinhota A tall beef breed from Minho in northern Portugal, once also worked and milked.Taurine · Beef 🇵🇹 PortugalAlgarvia A red or chestnut triple-purpose breed from the Algarve, rebuilt from survivorsTaurine · Dairy

Photo credits on this page

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

Cachena: Rosino, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Minhota: Figueiredo, Pedro, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Alentejana: Tiago Lima, CC BY 2.0, source
Mertolenga: Joao 1968, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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