List of dairy cattle breeds

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
Abondance	France
Alderney	England
Australian Braford	Australia
Australian Friesian Sahiwal	Australia
Australian Lowline	Australia
Australian Milking Zebu	Australia
Ayrshire	Scotland	6.5	24.6
Belgian Red	Belgium
Bianca Modenese	Italy
Brown Swiss	Switzerland	8	30
Burlina	Italy
Buša	Balkan	1.5	5.7
Canadienne	Canada	3	11	Extremely rare, found in Quebec.
Carora	Venezuela
Dairy Shorthorn	England	6	22
Danish Jersey	Denmark
Danish Red	Denmark
Dexter	Ireland	2	7.5	Very small in size. Used in domestic farms.
Estonian Red	Estonia	2.9	11.2
Fleckvieh (Simmental)	Austria	6.7	25.4
French Simmental	France
German Black Pied Dairy	Germany
Girolando	Brazil	3	11.4
Gloucester	England
Guernsey	Guernsey	5	19	One of the Channel Islands cattle.
Harzer Rotvieh	Germany
Hays Converter	Canada
Hérens	Switzerland
Holstein-Friesian	Netherlands	14	53	Known for producing the most milk of any cattle.
Illawarra	Australia	2	7.5
Irish Moiled	Ireland	2	7.5	Rare breed and can be dual purpose, meat and milk.
Jamaica Hope	Jamaica
Jersey	Jersey	5	19	Has a very high content of butterfat in the milk.
Kerry	Ireland	2.8	10.6
Lakenvelder (Dutch Belted)	Netherlands	5	18
Lineback	United States
Meuse-Rhine-Issel	Germany
Milking Devon	United States	5	23	Originally bred from the North Devon cattle
Montbéliarde	France	6	21
Normande	France	5	18
Norwegian Red	Norway	5	18
Randall	United States
Pie Rouge des Plaines	France
Pinzgauer	Austria
Red Chittagong	Bangladesh
Red Poll	England	4	15	A cross of Norfolk Red and Suffolk Dun
Red Sindhi	Indian subcontinent
Sahiwal	Indian subcontinent	1.9	7.2
Square Meater	Australia
Sussex	England
Tyrol Grey	Austria
Vorderwald	Germany

Notes

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

References

• 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

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