Danish Red cattle, also known as Red Danish or Red Dane, are a major

dairy cattle Dairy cattle (also called dairy cows) are cattle bred with the ability to produce large quantities of milk, from which dairy products are made. Dairy cattle generally are of the species '' Bos taurus''. Historically, little distinction was ...

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 Schleswig-Holstein (; ; ; ; ; occasionally in English ''Sleswick-Holsatia'') is the Northern Germany, northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most o ...

from

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. 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 (Russian Red), Bulgarian Red, etc. The solid red color of these breeds has helped in making them popular for crossbreeding in tropical countriesFood and agriculture organisation World Animal Review
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Zebu The zebu (; ''Bos indicus''), also known as indicine cattle and humped cattle, is a species or subspecies of Bos taurus, domestic cattle originating in South Asia. Zebu, like many Sanga cattle breeds, differs from taurine cattle by a fatty hump ...

dairy breeds like

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Red Sindhi The Red Sindhi is a dairy breed of zebuine cattle. It is believed to originate in western Sindh and in the Las Bela area of Balochistan in undivided Indian Subcontinent,now in Pakistan. It is widely kept in Pakistan, and distributed to Indi ...

and

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

Holstein Friesian The Holstein Friesian is an international breed or group of breeds of dairy cattle. It originated in Frisia, stretching from the Dutch province of North Holland to the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is the dominant breed in industrial ...

does.

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External links

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