Cattle breeds of Europe
Holstein Friesian, Jersey, Angus, Hereford, Charolais, Simmental, Highland and Chianina, and hundreds of local breeds. 138 breeds on EveryCow so far.
Cattle towns, fairs and pastures
Sardinia 3Yorkshire 3Albany 2Alentejo 2Black Forest 2Brittany 2Bünzen 2Einsiedeln 2Galloway 2Herefordshire 2Hortobágy National Park 2Piedmont 2Schwyz 2Tyrol 2Valais 2Vorarlberg 2Abondance 1Abruzzo 1Albera Massif 1Alcáçovas 1Algarve 1Aliste 1Allgäu 1Almodôvar 1Alt Empordà 1Altopiano di Asiago 1Aosta 1Aosta Valley 1Aquitaine 1Arezzo 1
Products of the region
Isigny butter (Normandy cultured butter)Clotted creamButtermilkSkyrFilmjölkViiliCrème fraîcheSmetanaQuarkRyazhenka
Days
St Anthony's Day and the blessing of animalsImbolc and St Brigid's DayBeltane and the cattle firesFête des GardiansSt Wendelin's DaySamhain and the coming down of the herdsMartinmasSt Modestos's Day
Countries
🇦🇱 Albania 1🇦🇹 Austria 12🇧🇾 Belarus 1🇧🇪 Belgium 3🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1🇧🇬 Bulgaria🇭🇷 Croatia 4🇨🇿 Czech Republic 2🇪🇪 Estonia 2🇫🇮 Finland 5🇫🇷 France 21🇩🇪 Germany 21🇬🇷 Greece 1🇭🇺 Hungary 5🇮🇸 Iceland 1🇮🇪 Ireland 8🇮🇹 Italy 26🇽🇰 Kosovo 1🇱🇻 Latvia 2🇱🇹 Lithuania 2🇲🇹 Malta🇲🇩 Moldova🇲🇪 Montenegro 1🇳🇱 Netherlands 7🇲🇰 North Macedonia🇳🇴 Norway 2🇵🇱 Poland 3🇵🇹 Portugal 10🇷🇴 Romania 2🇷🇺 Russia 9🇷🇸 Serbia 3🇸🇰 Slovakia🇸🇮 Slovenia 3🇪🇸 Spain 12🇸🇪 Sweden 7🇨🇭 Switzerland 11🇺🇦 Ukraine 4🇬🇧 United Kingdom 22
🇨🇭 Switzerland and 5 moreSimmental
A large dual-purpose breed from the Swiss Simme valley, red and white with strong growth rates.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Docile
🇮🇪 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
🇮🇹 ItalyMaremmana
A big grey Podolic beef breed from the old marshes of the Maremma in central ItalyTaurine · Beef · Thrifty foragers
🇮🇹 ItalyAosta Black PiedValdostana Pezzata Nera
A short-horned, black-pied dual-purpose breed from the Aosta Valley in ItalyTaurine · Dual-purpose · Thrifty foragers
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 moreRed Poll
A naturally hornless red English breed, kept for milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Polled
🇸🇪 SwedenSwedish Red PolledRödkulla
A hornless red Swedish cow kept for milk and meat, once reduced to about 20 animals.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Polled
🇦🇹 Austria and 1 moreTyrol GreyTiroler Grauvieh
An alpine dual-purpose breed of the Tyrol, milked and fattenedTaurine · Dual-purpose · Cold-hardy
🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreHinterwaldHinterwälder Rind
A small Black Forest cow, white head and pied coat, kept for both milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Cold-hardy
🇮🇪 IrelandIrish MoiledBó Maol
A rare hornless Irish breed, red with a white back stripe, used for milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Polled
🇨🇭 SwitzerlandÉvolène
An endangered dual-purpose breed from the Swiss Alps, pied red or black with horns in both sexesTaurine · Dual-purpose · Cold-hardy
🇮🇪 IrelandDroimeann
A small Irish dual-purpose cow with a white stripe down its backTaurine · Dual-purpose · Docile
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Maremmana: Zyance, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Swedish Red Polled: Ankara, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Aosta Black Pied: Lohen11, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Irish Moiled: No machine-readable author provided. Malcolm Morley~commonswiki assume, Public domain, source
- Simmental: Richard Bartz, Munich Makro Freak, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Dexter: Hayden Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, source
- Tyrol Grey: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hinterwald: -- Xocolatl 10:55, 26 April 2008 (UTC), Public domain, source
- Évolène: Trigaranus, Public domain, source
- Red Poll: Poinciana, CC BY-SA 3.0, source