Blonde d'Aquitaine

Blonde d'Aquitaine
a large cream-coloured bull
Bull at Agriflanders in 2007
Conservation statusFAO (2007): not at risk[1]: 143 
Country of originFrance
Distributionworldwide
Usemeat
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    1400 kg[2]
  • Female:
    1050 kg[2]
Height
  • Male:
    165 cm[2]
  • Female:
    155 cm[2]
Skin colourwhite
Coatwheaten
Horn statushorned in both sexes
  • Cattle
  • Bos (primigenius) taurus
On summer pasture near the Pic du Midi d'Ossau

The Blonde d'Aquitaine is a modern French breed of large domestic beef cattle. It was created in 1962 by merging three blonde draught breeds of south-western France, the Blonde des Pyrénées, the Blonde de Quercy and the Garonnaise.[3][4]: 129  Since about 1970, it has been selectively bred specifically for beef production. It is the third-most numerous beef breed of France, after the Charolais and the Limousin. It has been exported to many countries round the world.

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