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Results for "Lactation"

6 breeds found.

Lactation Concept

🇫🇮 FinlandWestern Finncattle A red, hornless dual-purpose breed from western Finland, kept for milk and beefTaurine · Dairy · Polled

🇮🇪 Ireland and 2 moreKerryBó Chiarraí A rare black dairy breed from southwest Ireland, one of Europe's oldest milk cattleTaurine · Dairy · Thrifty foragers

🇪🇹 Ethiopia and 1 moreAbigar A hardy sanga breed of western Ethiopia and Sudan, kept for milk and beefSanga · Dairy · Heat-tolerant 🇰🇿 KazakhstanAulie-Ata A dairy breed from Kazakhstan, made from native stock and Dutch Black PiedComposite · Dairy

🇫🇷 FranceBretonne Pie Noir A small pied black and white dairy cow from Brittany, once half a million strongTaurine · Dairy · Thrifty foragers

🇩🇪 GermanyRotes Höhenvieh A red upland breed from Germany's Central Uplands, rebuilt in 1985 from a handful of cowsTaurine · Beef

Photo credits on this page

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

Abigar: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Western Finncattle: MPorciusCato (cropped by Pitke ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Rotes Höhenvieh: Martin Lindner, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Kerry: Pedroserafin, CC BY 2.5, source
Bretonne Pie Noir: Tsaag Valren, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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