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Results for "Shorthorn"

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🇬🇧 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 🇯🇵 JapanJapanese Shorthorn日本短角種 A small Japanese beef breed of the north, red, roan or red-pied, horned in both sexesTaurine · Beef 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreBeef Shorthorn A British beef line, split from the dual-purpose Shorthorn in 1958Taurine · Beef 🇬🇧 United KingdomWhitebred Shorthorn An always-white beef Shorthorn from the border hills, hardy and thriftyTaurine · Beef · Thrifty foragers 🇬🇷 GreeceGreek Shorthorn A rare, small hill breed of north-west Greece, grey-blond to dark brown in colourTaurine 🇮🇪 Ireland and 2 moreKerryBó Chiarraí A rare black dairy breed from southwest Ireland, one of Europe's oldest milk cattleTaurine · Dairy · Thrifty foragers 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreLuing A hardy red or dun beef cow from Luing, a Hebridean island, first made in 1947Composite · Beef · Cold-hardy 🇿🇦 South AfricaBonsmara A South African beef breed built from Afrikaner, Hereford and Shorthorn linesComposite · Beef · Disease-resistant 🇨🇦 Canada and 3 moreSpeckle Park A modern Canadian beef breed, polled and speckled black and whiteTaurine · Beef · Polled 🇦🇺 AustraliaAdaptaur A medium, dark-red Australian beef breed, bred in the 1950s to beat heat and ticksTaurine · Beef · Heat-tolerant 🇺🇸 United StatesBeefmaster A three-way American beef cross, half Brahman, judged on the Six EssentialsComposite · Beef · Heat-tolerant 🇬🇧 United KingdomBlue Grey A blue roan suckler cow, bred from a black Galloway dam and a white Shorthorn sireTaurine · Beef · Polled 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast and 1 moreBaoulé A dwarf shorthorn of the Ivory Coast savanna, black-coated and kept by Fula herdersTaurine · Dairy 🇦🇺 AustraliaTasmanian Grey A polled beef breed from Tasmania, grey or dun, with Angus and Shorthorn rootsTaurine · Beef · Polled 🇸🇩 SudanButana and Kenana Sudan's milk zebu: the deep red Butana and the Kenana that whitens with ageZebu · Dairy 🇨🇴 ColombiaLucerna A Colombian dual-purpose composite, cherry-red and medium in sizeComposite · Dual-purpose

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