List_of_dairy_cattle_breeds Knowpia

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

Breed	Country of origin	Average milk output per day^{[Note 1]}							Other
Breed	Country of origin	Volume (L)	Volume (US Gallons)	Milk solids (kg)	Butterfat (% w/v)	Butterfat (kg)	Protein (% w/v)	Protein (kg)	Other

Abondance	France
Alderney	England
American Milking Devon	United States	23	5						Originally bred from the North Devon cattle
Australian Braford	Australia
Australian Friesian Sahiwal	Australia
Australian Lowline	Australia
Australian Milking Zebu	Australia
Ayrshire	Scotland^[1]	24.6	6.5		3.86^[2]		3.06^[2]
Belgian Red	Belgium
Bianca Modenese	Italy
Brown Swiss	Switzerland^[1]	30	8		4.04^[2]		3.38^[2]
Burlina	Italy
Buša	Balkan	5.7	1.5
Canadienne	Canada	11	3						Extremely rare, found in Quebec.
Dairy Shorthorn	England	22	6
Danish Jersey	Denmark
Danish Red	Denmark
Dexter	Ireland	7.5	2						Very small in size. Used in domestic farms.
Estonian Red	Estonia	11.2	2.9
Fleckvieh (Simmental)	Austria	25.4	6.7
French Simmental	France
German Black Pied Dairy	Germany
Girolando	Brazil	11.4	3
Guernsey	Guernsey^[1]	19	5		4.51^[2]		3.37^[2]		One of the Channel Islands cattle.
Harzer Rotvieh	Germany
Hays Converter	Canada
Hérens	Switzerland
Holstein-Friesian	Netherlands^[1]	53	14		3.65^[2]		3.06^[2]		Known for producing the most milk of any cattle.
Illawarra Shorthorn	Australia^[1]	7.5	2
Irish Moiled	Ireland	7.5	2						Rare breed and can be dual purpose, meat and milk.
Jamaica Hope	Jamaica
Jersey	Jersey^[1]	19	5		4.60^[2]		3.59^[2]		Has a very high content of butterfat in the milk.
Lakenvelder (Dutch Belted)	Netherlands	18	5
Meuse-Rhine-Issel	Germany
Montbéliarde	France	21	6
Normande	France	18	5
Norwegian Red	Norway	18	5
Old Gloucester	England
Randall Lineback	United States
Pie Rouge des Plaines	France
Pinzgauer	Austria
Podolica	Italy	5.2	1.4
Red Chittagong	Bangladesh
Red Poll	England	15	4						A cross of Norfolk Red and Suffolk Dun
Red Sindhi	Pakistan
Sahiwal	Pakistan	7.2	1.9
Sussex	England
Tipo Carora	Venezuela
Tyrol Grey	Austria
Vorderwald	Germany

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^ Milk production varies due to a significant range of variables including age of the cow, time of year, climate conditions, type of feed and specific breed lineages. Particular attention should be made to citations for figures used in this table for the methods used to obtain these average figures.

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Dairy cow breeds in Australia". www.dairy.edu.au. Dairy Australia. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Heinrichs, Jud; Jones, Coleen M.; Bailey, Ken. "Milk Components: Understanding Milk Fat and Protein Variation in Your Dairy Herd". PennState Extension. Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences. Retrieved 2022-06-13.

http://www.thecattlesite.com/breeds/dairy/
http://www.raw-milk-facts.com/dairy_cow_breeds.html
http://www.sites.ext.vt.edu/virtualfarm/dairy/dairy_breeds.html
http://www.wellfedhomestead.com/choosing-a-dairy-cow-breeds
http://www.dairy.edu.au/discoverdairy/Students/From-Farm-to-Plate/About-Dairy-Cows.aspx
http://www.thedairysite.com/breeds/dairy/

Bibliography edit

Hasheider, Philip (2011). The Family Cow Handbook: A Guide to Keeping a Milk Cow. Voyageur Press Inc. ISBN 9780760340677

[1] Milk production varies due to a significant range of variables including age of the cow, time of year, climate conditions, type of feed and specific breed lineages. Particular attention should be made to citations for figures used in this table for the methods used to obtain these average figures.

[:0-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Dairy cow breeds in Australia". www.dairy.edu.au. Dairy Australia. Retrieved 2022-06-13.

[:1-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Heinrichs, Jud; Jones, Coleen M.; Bailey, Ken. "Milk Components: Understanding Milk Fat and Protein Variation in Your Dairy Herd". PennState Extension. Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences. Retrieved 2022-06-13.

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