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Dairy and Dual-Purpose Cattle

Guides, how-tos and checklists on dairy and dual-purpose cattle. 37 guides published so far, more added regularly. Need a supplier, vet or service? Try agriculture.directory.

Major Dairy Breeds

• Ayrshire Cattle: Breed ProfileThe red-and-white Scottish dairy breed with upright, lyre-shaped horns.
• Brown Swiss Cattle: Breed ProfileOne of the oldest dairy breeds, large, brown and calm.
• Danish Red Cattle: Breed ProfileA red Danish dairy breed.
• Dutch Belted Cattle: Breed ProfileThe black cow with a white belt, a rare Dutch heritage dairy breed.
• Eringer Cattle: Breed ProfileA Swiss fighting cow of the Valais.
• Fribourg Cattle: Breed ProfileA Swiss black-and-white dairy breed.
• Gir Leiteiro Cattle: Breed ProfileThe Brazilian dairy strain of Gir.
• Girolando Cattle: Breed ProfileA Brazilian Holstein and Gyr composite.
• Guernsey Cattle: Breed ProfileThe fawn-and-white dairy breed known for golden milk.
• Holstein Cattle: Breed ProfileThe black-and-white dairy cow behind most of the milk in the United States.
• International Red Dairy Cattle: Breed ProfileA group of related red dairy breeds.
• Jersey Cattle: Breed ProfileThe small, fawn-colored dairy cow with the richest milk.
• Kerry Cattle: Breed ProfileA small, black Irish dairy breed that is among the oldest in Europe.
• Milking Shorthorn Cattle: Breed ProfileThe dairy and dual-purpose line of the Shorthorn breed.
• Montbeliarde Cattle: Breed ProfileA red-and-white French dairy breed known for cheese milk.
• Normande Cattle: Breed ProfileA spotted dual-purpose French breed with high-protein milk.
• Norwegian Red and White Cattle: Breed ProfileA Norwegian dairy breed.
• Norwegian Red Cattle: Breed ProfileA Scandinavian dairy breed prized for health.
• Red and White Holstein Cattle: Breed ProfileThe red-and-white variety of the Holstein, carrying a recessive color gene.
• Red Sindhi Cattle: Breed ProfileAn Indian zebu dairy breed.
• Sahiwal Cattle: Breed ProfileA heat-tolerant dairy zebu from Pakistan.
• Swedish Red and White Cattle: Breed ProfileA Swedish dairy breed.
• Swedish Red Cattle: Breed ProfileA red Scandinavian dairy breed prized for health and fertility.
• Tharparkar Cattle: Breed ProfileA white zebu from the Thar Desert.

Heritage Dairy and Dual-Purpose Cattle

• American Lineback Cattle: Breed ProfileA heritage cattle strain with a white lineback pattern.
• American Milking Devon Cattle: Breed ProfileA rare red heritage breed once used for milk, meat and oxen.
• Canadienne Cattle: Breed ProfileA small black Quebec breed descended from French colonial cattle.
• Dairy Shorthorn Cattle: Breed ProfileThe British name for the milking line of the Shorthorn.
• Fleckvieh Cattle: Breed ProfileThe spotted red European dual-purpose breed related to Simmental.
• Heritage Shorthorn Cattle: Breed ProfileThe native heritage line of Shorthorn.
• Irish Moiled Cattle: Breed ProfileA hornless Irish breed with a red or roan coat and a white back stripe.
• Kholmogory Cattle: Breed ProfileA Russian dairy breed from the Arkhangelsk region.
• Meuse-Rhine-Issel Cattle: Breed ProfileA Dutch dual-purpose red cattle breed.
• Milking Devon Cattle: Breed ProfileThe milking line of the Devon.
• Randall Lineback Cattle: Breed ProfileA critically rare Vermont heritage breed with a white lineback pattern.
• Yakut Cattle Cattle: Breed ProfileA tiny, cold-hardy Siberian landrace.
• Yaroslavl Cattle Cattle: Breed ProfileA black Russian dairy breed.