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🇬🇧 The cattle breeds of the United Kingdom

13 breeds from the United Kingdom, best known first, across 62 towns, fairs and pastures.

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

🇳🇱 Netherlands and 3 moreHolstein Friesian A black and white dairy breed kept worldwide, with red and white lines tooTaurine · Dairy

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreHereford A red and white beef breed from Herefordshire, England, known for its white face and hardiness.Taurine · Beef · Docile

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreAyrshire Red-and-white dairy cattle from south-west Scotland, hardy, long-lived and easy calversTaurine · Dairy · Easy calving

🇧🇪 Belgium and 3 moreBelgian BlueBlanc-Bleu Belge / Belgisch Witblauw A muscular beef breed from Belgium known for its blue-grey coat and double-muscling gene.Taurine · Beef · Docile

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreShorthorn A historic British breed from north-east England, kept for milk and meat with red, white or roan coats.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Docile

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreGalloway A polled black beef breed from south-west Scotland with a thick double coatTaurine · Beef · Cold-hardy

🇮🇪 Ireland and 2 moreDexter A small Irish dual-purpose breed, usually black or red, kept for milk and beef on poor land.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Thrifty foragers

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreBelted Galloway A polled Scottish beef breed with a distinctive white belt around its black body.Taurine · Beef · Cold-hardy

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 moreEnglish Longhorn A large horned beef breed from northern England, marked by a white line along the spineTaurine · Beef · Long-horned

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 moreRed Poll A naturally hornless red English breed, kept for milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Polled

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

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreSouth Devon Huge pale-red beef cattle from Devon and Cornwall, once milked and worked as oxenTaurine · Beef

🇫🇷 France and 4 moreBazadaiseVasadés (Gascon) A very large grey beef breed from Bazas in south-west France, once a timber-hauling oxTaurine · Beef · Marbled beef

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreBeef Shorthorn A British beef line, split from the dual-purpose Shorthorn in 1958Taurine · Beef

Photo credits on this page

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

Belted Galloway: Jamain, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Hereford: Hayden Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, source
Luing: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Bazadaise: The original uploader was Cyrille BERNIZET at French Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
South Devon: No machine-readable author provided. Malcolm Morley~commonswiki assume, Public domain, source
Ayrshire: Biggle, Jacob., Public domain, source
Red Poll: Poinciana, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
English Longhorn: Dave, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Dexter: Hayden Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, source
Holstein Friesian: Vista Alegre baserria, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Galloway: GerardM, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Belgian Blue: Stoolhog, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Shorthorn: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Beef Shorthorn: Robert Scarth, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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