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The Dutch Belted or Dutch Belt is an American breed of dairy cattle. It derives from the Lakenvelder of Germany and the Netherlands, of which examples were imported to the United States from 1838. [4]: 171 [5]: 96 [6] It became an important dairy breed in the early twentieth century, but could not compete with the Holstein-Friesian.
The Lakenvelder is finely built and of small to medium size, with a withers height in the range 126–136 cm for cows and averaging 133 cm [4]: 225 or 137 cm for bulls. [3]: 97 Body weights are variously reported as 500 kg [4]: 225 or 700 kg for bulls, [3]: 97 and 450 kg [4]: 224 or 550 kg for cows. [3]: 97
This is a list of some of the cattle breeds considered in the United States to be wholly or partly of American origin. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively American.
Herd test: Starting in 1917 Hoard's farm "was the dominating influence in the founding of the herd test, proved sire, brood cow research program conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture." [3] Single-purpose dairy cow: [3] The farm maintains the oldest continuously registered herd of Guernsey cattle in the country. For over a century, the ...
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 ...
A belted cow (nicknamed beltie or ... Dutch Belted (Lakenvelder) This page was last edited on 7 June 2020, at 14:26 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Cattle breeds fall into two main types, which are regarded as either two closely related species, or two subspecies of one species. Bos indicus (or Bos taurus indicus ) cattle, commonly called zebu, are adapted to hot climates and originated in the tropical parts of the world such as India, Sub-saharan Africa, China, and Southeast Asia.
A dairy-type Dutch Belted bull was used on these to introduce the gene for belting (this was purely for appearance), [1]: 68 and then a Chianina bull was used to increase size and improve beef qualities. [2]: 143 A breed society, the Buelingo Beef Cattle Society, was started in 1989, and a herd-book was begun in the same year.