Cattle breeds of Europe
Holstein Friesian, Jersey, Angus, Hereford, Charolais, Simmental, Highland and Chianina, and hundreds of local breeds. 133 breeds on EveryCow so far.
Cattle towns, fairs and pastures
Sardinia 3Yorkshire 3Alentejo 2Black Forest 2Brittany 2Bünzen 2Einsiedeln 2Galloway 2Hortobágy National Park 2Piedmont 2Schwyz 2Tyrol 2Valais 2Vorarlberg 2Abondance 1Abruzzo 1Albany 1Albera Massif 1Alcáçovas 1Algarve 1Aliste 1Allgäu 1Almodôvar 1Alt Empordà 1Altopiano di Asiago 1Aosta 1Aosta Valley 1Aquitaine 1Arezzo 1Argelès 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 20🇩🇪 Germany 21🇬🇷 Greece 1🇭🇺 Hungary 5🇮🇸 Iceland 1🇮🇪 Ireland 7🇮🇹 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 6🇨🇭 Switzerland 11🇺🇦 Ukraine 4🇬🇧 United Kingdom 20
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreHereford
A red and white beef breed from Herefordshire, England, known for its white face and hardiness.Taurine · Beef · Docile
🇨🇭 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
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreAyrshire
Red-and-white dairy cattle from south-west Scotland, hardy, long-lived and easy calversTaurine · Dairy · Easy calving
🇩🇪 Germany and 3 moreHeck
A German type bred in the 1920s to recreate the extinct aurochsTaurine · Grazing · Cold-hardy
🇬🇧 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
🇭🇷 Croatia and 5 moreBuša
A little mountain cow of the Balkans with short horns, kept for milk, meat and workTaurine · Triple-purpose · Disease-resistant
🇸🇪 SwedenFjällSvensk fjällras
A polled, mostly white dairy cow from the Swedish mountains, hardy on thin grazing.Taurine · Dairy · Polled
🇮🇹 ItalyMaremmana
A big grey Podolic beef breed from the old marshes of the Maremma in central ItalyTaurine · Beef · Thrifty foragers
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreTarentaise
A French alpine breed from the Tarentaise valley, kept for cheese and for crossingTaurine · Dairy · Docile
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 moreRed Poll
A naturally hornless red English breed, kept for milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Polled
🇱🇹 LithuaniaLithuanian RedLietuvos žalieji
A red beef breed from Lithuania, bred from Danish Red and local cattleTaurine · Beef · Thrifty foragers
🇸🇪 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
🇮🇹 ItalyAosta Black PiedValdostana Pezzata Nera
A short-horned, black-pied dual-purpose breed from the Aosta Valley in ItalyTaurine · Dual-purpose · Thrifty foragers
🇮🇪 Ireland and 2 moreKerryBó Chiarraí
A rare black dairy breed from southwest Ireland, one of Europe's oldest milk cattleTaurine · Dairy · Thrifty foragers
🇦🇹 AustriaTux-ZillertalTux-Zillertaler
A stocky Alpine breed from Tirol, black or red, once bred for cow-fighting contests.Taurine · Beef · Spirited
🇩🇪 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
🇪🇸 SpainPajuna
An endangered Andalusian breed, dark bulls and red-brown cows, once used for draught workTaurine · Draught · Cold-hardy
🇫🇷 FranceCorse
A small tan cow from Corsica, once the island's plough ox, now reared free-range for beefTaurine · Beef · Thrifty foragers
🇵🇹 PortugalRamo GrandeRaça Bovina Ramo Grande
A large red-brown cattle breed from Terceira in the Azores, once used for work and milkTaurine · Triple-purpose · Thrifty foragers
🇮🇪 IrelandIrish MoiledBó Maol
A rare hornless Irish breed, red with a white back stripe, used for milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Polled
🇫🇷 FranceBretonne Pie Noir
A small pied black and white dairy cow from Brittany, once half a million strongTaurine · Dairy · Thrifty foragers
🇫🇷 FranceMirandaise
A large, heat-tolerant draught breed from the Gers, now raised for vealTaurine · Draught · Heat-tolerant
🇵🇹 PortugalAlentejana
A rustic, gentle meat breed from Portugal's Alentejo region, once used for field workTaurine · Beef · Docile
🇨🇭 SwitzerlandÉvolène
An endangered dual-purpose breed from the Swiss Alps, pied red or black with horns in both sexesTaurine · Dual-purpose · Cold-hardy
🇬🇧 United KingdomVaynolFaenol
A rare Welsh park breed, white with black points or all blackTaurine · Beef · Thrifty foragers
🇸🇮 SloveniaCikaCikasto govedo
A small red-brown dairy breed from Slovenia's alpine valleys, with a white line along the backTaurine · Dairy · Thrifty foragers
🇮🇪 IrelandDroimeann
A small Irish dual-purpose cow with a white stripe down its backTaurine · Dual-purpose · Docile
🇧🇾 BelarusBelarus RedБеларуская чырвоная
A red dairy breed of Belarus, long-lived and easy to feedTaurine · Dairy · Long-lived
🇬🇧 United KingdomWhitebred Shorthorn
An always-white beef Shorthorn from the border hills, hardy and thriftyTaurine · Beef · Thrifty foragers
🇬🇧 United KingdomBlue Grey
A blue roan suckler cow, bred from a black Galloway dam and a white Shorthorn sireTaurine · Beef · Polled
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
- Lithuanian Red: Aleksandrs Timofejevs, CC0, source
- Swedish Red Polled: Ankara, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Heck: 4028mdk09, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hereford: Hayden Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, source
- Tyrol Grey: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Ramo Grande: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, Public domain, source
- Simmental: Richard Bartz, Munich Makro Freak, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Kerry: Pedroserafin, CC BY 2.5, source
- Corse: luiginter, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pajuna: DFoidl, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dexter: Hayden Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, source
- Galloway: GerardM, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bretonne Pie Noir: Tsaag Valren, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hinterwald: -- Xocolatl 10:55, 26 April 2008 (UTC), Public domain, source
- Ayrshire: Biggle, Jacob., Public domain, source
- Mirandaise: PANDA 81, CC0, source
- Vaynol: Claire.cojean.05, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Buša: P.Cikovac, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cika: romanm ( talk ), Public domain, source
- Alentejana: Tiago Lima, CC BY 2.0, source
- Fjäll: Yvonne Zimmermann, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Tarentaise: BlackSlash73, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Belarus Red: Homoatrox, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Évolène: Trigaranus, Public domain, source
- Whitebred Shorthorn: Dave Spicer, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Tux-Zillertal: Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Blue Grey: stuad70, CC BY 2.0, source
- Red Poll: Poinciana, CC BY-SA 3.0, source