List of dairy cattle breeds

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Dairy cattle are those primarily raised for their milk as part of dairy farming.

Breed Country of Origin Output per Day[Note 1] Other
Gallons Litres
Ayrshire cattle Scotland 5 19 Can be used for foraging
Brown Swiss Switzerland 8 30 Second largest amount of milk produced of any dairy cattle breed.
Buša cattle Croatia 1 3.8
Canadienne cattle Canada 2.7 10.4 Very rare breed.
Dairy Shorthorn England 7.6 29 Also called the milking shorthorn.
Dexter cattle Ireland 2 7.5 Very small in size. Used in domestic farms.
Guernsey cattle Guernsey 5 19 One of the channel islands cattle.
Holstein-Friesian cattle Netherlands Up to 14 Up to 53 Known for producing the most amount of milk of any cattle.
Illawarra cattle Australia 2 7.5
Irish Moiled Ireland 2 7.5 Rare breed and can be dual purpose, meat and milk.
Jersey Cattle Jersey 5 19 Has a very high content of butterfat in the milk.
American Milking Devon America 5 23 Originally bred from the North Devon cattle
Milking Shorthorn Britain 6 22
Montbéliarde France 6 21
Normande France 5 18
Norwegian Red Norway 5 18
Red Poll England 4 15 A cross of Norfolk Red and Suffolk Dun

Notes

  1. ↑ U.S. Gallons are used. Figures are rounded to 2 significant figures.

References

    Bibliography

    • Hasheider, Philip (2011). The Family Cow Handbook: A Guide to Keeping a Milk Cow. Voyageur Press Inc. ISBN 9780760340677
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.