Bretonne Pie Noir

Bretonne pie noir
two black and white cows in a field
Bretonne Pie Noir cows
Conservation statusFAO (2007): not listed[1]
Other namesMorbihan
Country of originFrance
DistributionBrittany
Usedairy
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    600 kg[2]
  • Female:
    450 kg[2]
Height
  • Male:
    123 cm[2]
  • Female:
    117 cm[2]
Coatpied black and white
Horn statushorned
An atypically dark Breton Pie Noir bull

The Bretonne Pie Noir is breed of small dairy cattle from Brittany in north-western France. It originates from Cornouaille and the Pays de Vannes in the départements of Finistère and Morbihan. Due to its small size, modest requirements, good productivity and ability to exploit poor and marginal terrain, it was well suited to traditional Breton agriculture.[3] A herdbook was established in 1886.[4][5] The breed was in the past numerous; at the beginning of the twentieth century there were about 500,000. Numbers fell drastically during that century, and in 1976, when about 15,000 remained, a breed conservation plan was begun, the first such for any breed of cattle.[3]

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