 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
 Limousine cow | |
| Conservation status | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Limousine |
| Country of origin | France |
| Distribution | about 80 countries world-wide |
| Use |
|
| Traits | |
| Weight | |
| Height | |
| Coat | unicolour wheaten[4] |
| Horn status | horned in both sexes[2] |
| |
The Limousin, French: Limousine, is a French breed of beef cattle from the Limousin and Marche regions of France. It was formerly used mainly as a draught animal, but in modern times is reared for beef. A herd-book was established in France in 1886. With the mechanisation of agriculture in the twentieth century, numbers declined. In the 1960s there were still more than 250 000 head, but the future of the breed was not clear; it was proposed that it be merged with the other blonde draught breeds of south-western France – the Blonde des Pyrénées, the Blonde de Quercy and the Garonnaise – to form the new Blonde d'Aquitaine.[5]: 228 Instead, a breeders' association was formed; new importance was given to extensive management, to performance recording and to exports. In the twenty-first century the Limousin is the second-most numerous beef breed in France after the Charolais. It is a world breed, raised in about eighty countries round the world, many of which have breed associations.[5]: 228
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
barbwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
dadwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference
mariewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
brgwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
cabiwas invoked but never defined (see the help page).