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Encyclopedia — 81 breeds listed

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Explore 81 French and international cattle breeds through photographs, origin, coat, production type and identification features.

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Abondance

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FranceFrance — Haute-Savoie, Chablais and the Alpine valleys

Dual purpose Medium Lvl. 1 Lvl. 5

Angus

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ÉcosseScotland — Aberdeen et Angus

Beef Medium Lvl. 4 Lvl. 5

Ankole

Approved profile

OugandaUganda — East Africa, Great Lakes region

Beef Medium Lvl. 5

Armoricaine

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FranceFrance — Bretagne

Dual purpose Medium Lvl. 3 Lvl. 5
Asturiana de los Valles © ASEAVA

Asturiana de los Valles

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EspagneSpain — Asturies, Cordillère Cantabrique

Beef Medium to large Lvl. 5

Aubrac

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FranceFrance — Plateau de l’Aubrac

Dual purpose Medium Lvl. 1 Lvl. 5

Aurochs-reconstitué

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AllemagneGermany

Heritage Medium to large Lvl. 5

Ayrshire

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ÉcosseScotland — Ayrshire, sud-ouest de l’Écosse

Dairy Medium Lvl. 4 Lvl. 5

Barrosã

PortugalPortugal — Barroso, nord du Portugal

Dual purpose Medium

Bazadaise

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FranceFrance — Bazas et Gironde

Beef Large Lvl. 1 Lvl. 5

Béarnaise

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FranceFrance — Béarn, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Beef Medium Lvl. 3 Lvl. 5

Belted Galloway

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ÉcosseScotland — Galloway, sud-ouest de l’Écosse

Beef Medium Lvl. 4 Lvl. 5

Blanc Bleu Belge

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BelgiqueBelgium — Moyenne et Haute Belgique

Beef Large Lvl. 4 Lvl. 5

Bleue de Bazougers

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FranceFrance — Bazougers, Mayenne

Heritage Medium Lvl. 3 Lvl. 5

Bleue du Nord

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FranceFrance — Nord de la France

Dual purpose Large Lvl. 1 Lvl. 5

Blonde d'Aquitaine

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FranceFrance — Sud-Ouest, Aquitaine

Beef Large Lvl. 1 Lvl. 5

Bordelaise

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FranceFrance — Bordelais, Gironde

Heritage Medium Lvl. 3 Lvl. 5

Brahman

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États-UnisUnited States — Sud des États-Unis, notamment Texas et région du golfe du Mexique ; race créée à partir de plusieurs populations de zébus originaires du sous-continen

Beef Large Lvl. 4 Lvl. 5

Brangus

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États-UnisUnited States — Southern United States, with early development work in Louisiana

Beef Medium to large Lvl. 5

Brave

Approved profile

FranceFrance — Camargue ; population française issue de bovins de combat ibériques introduits au XIXe siècle

Other uses Moyen à gros (jusqu'à 600 kg) Lvl. 5

Bretonne Pie Noir

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FranceFrance — Bretagne

Dairy Small Lvl. 3 Lvl. 5

Brune

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SuisseSwitzerland — Alpes suisses

Dual purpose Large Lvl. 1 Lvl. 5

Brune originale

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SuisseSwitzerland — Suisse centrale, notamment région de Schwyz

Dual purpose Medium to large Lvl. 5

Canadienne

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CanadaCanada — Québec

Dairy Small to medium Lvl. 5

Casta

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FranceFrance — Pyrénées centrales, Ariège et Haute-Garonne

Beef Medium Lvl. 3 Lvl. 5

Charolaise

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FranceFrance — Charolais, Bourgogne

Beef Large Lvl. 1 Lvl. 5

Créole

FranceFrance — Antilles françaises, notamment Guadeloupe

Dual purpose Small to medium Lvl. 3 Lvl. 5

Droughtmaster

Approved profile

AustralieAustralia — Northern Australia, particularly Queensland

Beef Medium to large Lvl. 5

English Longhorn

Approved profile

AngleterreUnited Kingdom — England, especially the Midlands and northern England

Beef Large Lvl. 4 Lvl. 5

Ferrandaise

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FranceFrance — Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne

Dual purpose Medium Lvl. 3 Lvl. 5

Froment du Léon

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FranceFrance — Léon, Finistère nord

Dairy Medium Lvl. 3 Lvl. 5

Galloway

ÉcosseScotland — Galloway, sud-ouest de l’Écosse

Beef Medium Lvl. 4 Lvl. 5

Gasconne des Pyrénées

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FranceFrance — Pyrénées centrales et piémont gascon

Beef Medium Lvl. 1 Lvl. 5

Grise rhétique

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SuisseSwitzerland — Grisons / Alpes rhétiques

Dual purpose Small to medium Lvl. 5

Hereford

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AngleterreEngland — Herefordshire

Beef Medium to large Lvl. 4 Lvl. 5

Hérens

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SuisseSwitzerland — Valais central, notamment vallée d’Hérens et haute vallée du Rhône

Dual purpose Small to medium Lvl. 3 Lvl. 4

Highland cattle

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ÉcosseScotland — Highlands et îles de l’ouest de l’Écosse

Beef Medium Lvl. 4 Lvl. 5

Itäsuomenkarja

FinlandeFinland — Finlande, surtout l’est du pays

Dual purpose Small to medium Lvl. 5

Jersiaise

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JerseyJersey — Île de Jersey

Dairy Small Lvl. 1 Lvl. 5

Kerry

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IrlandeIreland — Comté de Kerry et sud-ouest de l’Irlande

Dairy Small Lvl. 5

Lakenvelder

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Pays-BasNetherlands

Dual purpose Small to medium Lvl. 4 Lvl. 5

Limousine

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FranceFrance — Limousin

Beef Large Lvl. 1 Lvl. 5

Lourdaise

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FranceFrance — Pays de Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées

Dual purpose Medium Lvl. 3 Lvl. 5
Maraîchine © Cregene

Maraîchine

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FranceFrance — Marais poitevin et Vendée

Beef Medium to large Lvl. 3 Lvl. 5

Marine landaise

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FranceFrance — Landes de Gascogne, littoral aquitain, Landes et Gironde

Heritage Small Lvl. 3 Lvl. 5

Mirandaise

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FranceFrance — Gers, région de Mirande

Beef Large Lvl. 3 Lvl. 5

Moka

FranceFrance — Île de La Réunion, particulièrement les savanes sèches de l’Ouest

Heritage Small to medium

Montbéliarde

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FranceFrance — Franche-Comté, massif jurassien

Dual purpose Large Lvl. 1 Lvl. 5

Murray Grey

Approved profile

AustralieAustralia — Upper Murray Valley, New South Wales and Victoria

Beef Medium to large Lvl. 4 Lvl. 5

Nantaise

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FranceFrance — Pays nantais

Dual purpose Medium Lvl. 3 Lvl. 5

Normande

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FranceFrance — Normandie

Dual purpose Large Lvl. 1 Lvl. 5

Parthenaise

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FranceFrance — Gâtine poitevine, Deux-Sèvres

Beef Medium to large Lvl. 1 Lvl. 5
Pie Rouge des Plaines © La ferme de thierry

Pie Rouge des Plaines

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FranceFrance — Ouest de la France, notamment Bretagne

Dairy Large Lvl. 5

Pinzgauer

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AutricheAustria — Pinzgau, province de Salzbourg

Dual purpose Medium to large Lvl. 5
Pirenaica © CONASPI

Pirenaica

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EspagneSpain — Massif des Pyrénées, surtout sa partie occidentale

Beef Medium to large Lvl. 4 Lvl. 5

Prim'Holstein

Approved profile

Pays-Bas / nord de l’AllemagneNetherlands / northern Germany — Frise et Holstein

Dairy Large Lvl. 1 Lvl. 5

Raço di Biòu

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FranceFrance — Camargue, southern France

Other uses Small Lvl. 3 Lvl. 5

Red Angus

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États-UnisUnited States — Rameau Angus, sélection moderne surtout nord-américaine

Beef Medium Lvl. 4 Lvl. 5

Redyblack

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FranceFrance — France, notamment Grand Est.

Beef Medium Lvl. 5

Rouge des Prés

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FranceFrance — Haut-Anjou, western France

Beef Large Lvl. 1 Lvl. 5

Rouge Flamande

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FranceFrance — Flandre française

Dairy Large Lvl. 1 Lvl. 5

Rouge suédoise

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SuèdeSweden — Suède

Dairy Medium to large Lvl. 5

Salers

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FranceFrance — Cantal, Auvergne

Dual purpose Large Lvl. 1 Lvl. 5

Santa Gertrudis

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États-UnisUnited States — Texas, King Ranch

Beef Large Lvl. 5

Saosnoise

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FranceFrance — Saosnois, Sarthe

Beef Large Lvl. 3 Lvl. 5

Shorthorn

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AngleterreEngland — England — North East England

Dual purpose Medium to large Lvl. 4 Lvl. 5
Simmental Française

Simmental Française

SuisseSwitzerland — Vallée de la Simme, avec sélection française

Dual purpose Large Lvl. 1 Lvl. 5

Simmental suisse

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SuisseSwitzerland

Dual purpose Large Lvl. 5

South Devon

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AngleterreEngland — Devon et Cornouailles

Beef Large Lvl. 4 Lvl. 5

Sussex

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AngleterreEngland, United Kingdom — Sussex and the Weald of south-east England

Beef Medium to large Lvl. 4 Lvl. 5

Swiss Fleckvieh

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SuisseSwitzerland

Dairy Medium Lvl. 5

Tarentaise (Tarine)

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FranceFrance — Vallée de la Tarentaise, Savoie

Dual purpose Medium Lvl. 1 Lvl. 5

Texas Longhorn

Approved profile

États-UnisUnited States — Texas

Beef Medium to large Lvl. 5

Tiroler Grauvieh

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AutricheAustria — Tyrol / Alpes autrichiennes et italiennes

Dual purpose Small to medium Lvl. 5

Vache Tigre / Zainata

Approved profile

FranceFrance — Corsica

Beef Small to medium

Villard de Lans

FranceFrance — Vercors, Isère

Dual purpose Medium to large Lvl. 3 Lvl. 5

Vosgienne

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FranceFrance — Massif des Vosges

Dual purpose Medium Lvl. 1 Lvl. 5

Wagyu

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JaponJapan — Japon ; le terme japonais Wagyu couvre quatre races bovines indigènes, la Japanese Black étant la plus diffusée hors du Japon

Beef Medium Lvl. 4 Lvl. 5

Welsh Black

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Pays de GallesWales — Pays de Galles

Beef Medium to large Lvl. 4 Lvl. 5

White Park

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Royaume-UniUnited Kingdom — Anciennes populations bovines des parcs britanniques

Heritage Medium Lvl. 4 Lvl. 5

Zébu mahorais

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FranceFrance — Mayotte

Heritage Small

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