Danish Red cattle, also known as Red Danish or Red Dane, are a major dairy cattle breed in northern

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. There are 42,599 pedigree cows in

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. They can be used as a beef breed once they finish their useful lifetime.

The breed

The breed was developed in

based on local breeds bred with

Angeln cattle The Angeln is a breed of cattle originally from Angeln in Schleswig-Holstein where they are first mentioned around 1600. however some people think that they may have existed for over 5000 years. Breed management has been practiced since 1830. An ...

from Angeln, Schleswig. Danish Red cattle (and, earlier, Angeln cattle) have been imported to many other countries and have been used to improve and form many local breeds, such as Lithuanian Red, Estonian Red, Latvian Red, Polish Red, Belarus Red,

Tambov Red Red Tambov cattle (russian: Kpacнaя тaмбoвcкaя, Krasnaya tambovskaya) are a cattle breed from the Tambov Oblast of Russia. The breed, used for milk and beef production, was formed in the mid 19th century by crossing cattle from the Tyrol ...

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Red Sindhi Red Sindhi cattle are the most popular of all Zebu dairy breeds. The breed originated in the Sindh province of Pakistan, they are widely kept for milk production across Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and other countries. They have been ...

and

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. They are good milk cows, yielding milk with higher butter fat and protein content than the

Holstein Friesian Holstein Friesians (often shortened to Holsteins in North America, while the term Friesians is often used in the UK and Ireland) are a breed of dairy cattle that originated in the Dutch provinces of North Holland and Friesland, and Schleswig-Hols ...

does.

Notes

External links

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