Cattle Breeds

Aberdeen Angus Cow

- Beef production
- All black
- Hardy and adaptable
- Good sire for dairy herds as easy calving
- Naturally polled

Jersey Cow

- Dairy production
- Milk is high in fat
- Small and finely built

Guernsey Cow

- Similar to Jersey but darker colour with white patches
- Poor fertility
- Decreasing in number

Highland Cow

- Hardy
- Milk has a high butterfat content
- Do not produce enough to be suitable for large-scale dairy production

Holstein Friesian Cow

- Dairy production
- Large, taller and narrower than the British Friesian
- Most popular breed in the UK, USA and Northern Europe

Hereford Cow

- Beef production
- Red or black with a white face, crest and dewlap
- Good beef sire for dairy herds as easy calving
- Passes white face onto offspring

Belted Galloway

- Black with a white stripe

Simmental Cow

- Beef production
- European breed
- Larger than a Hereford with white patches

Limousin Cow

- Beef production
- European
- Yellow to gold with lighter circles around the eyes and muzzle
- Pale hooves

Belgian Blue Cow

- Beef production
- European
- Double-muscling
- Slow to mature
- High risk of dystocia

Brown Swiss Cow

- Dairy production
- European
- Milk is renowned for high protein composition
- Docile and good-natured

South Devon Cow

- Docile temperament
- Fast growth rate

Texas Longhorn Cow

- American breed
- Traditionally kept for beef, but now kept for conservation purposes.

Ayrshire Cow

- Medium sized
- Uncommon in the UK

Charolais Cow

- Beef production
- All white or cream with a pink nose
- Produces pale offspring