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The Normande is a breed of dairy cattle from the Normandy region of north-west France. It is raised principally for its milk, which is high in fat and suitable for making butter and cheese, but also for its meat, which is marbled and good-flavoured. It is a world breed: it has been exported to many countries and is present on all continents.
This is a list of the cattle breeds considered in France to be wholly or partly of French origin. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively French. The list includes breeds from the overseas territories of France.
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 ...
Jersey and Guernsey cattle are famous cattle breeds worldwide, especially to North America. Cider from Normandy. Turbot and oysters from the Cotentin Peninsula are major delicacies throughout France. Normandy is the chief oyster-cultivating, scallop-exporting, and mussel-raising region in France.
Pages in category "Cattle breeds originating in France" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Most of today's cattle breeds were born at this time and result from crossbreeding and genetic research to obtain versatile (working breed, milk, and meat producer) or specialized animals. From the outset, the Shorthorn breed spread rapidly worldwide, particularly in France from 1830 onwards, where it became the benchmark cow for some thirty years.
The Maraîchine (French pronunciation:) is a French breed of beef cattle. It originates in, and is named for, the Marais Poitevin, the marshlands on the Atlantic coast of the département of the Vendée in western France. [4]: 267 [5]: 247 [6]: 157 [7] The coat ranges from light to grayish wheat, with black mucosa.
With small lyre-shaped horns, it measures 1.20–1.30 m at the withers and weighs barely 300 kg. In the original type, which has now disappeared, the Marine Landaise had a wheaten coat, pink mucous membranes, and light extremities, like the other breeds in the blond bovine group of the Southwest, among which it was classified, such as the old Basquaise or Urt, Béarnaise, and Lourdaise breeds.