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It has a uniformly wheaten coat, ranging from a pale greyish white to a light brown tinged with orange-yellow. The skin, hooves, muzzle, tongue, switch and natural openings are all black; there is a pale ring round the muzzle. Bulls may carry darker markings to the coat. The horns are lyre-shaped and
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The Aubrac is robust, frugal, fertile and long-lived, and is well adapted to the mountain environment of the Massif
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considered in France to be wholly or partly of French origin. Inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively French.
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Some of the cows are of dairy type, and are milked; they will only give milk if their calf is with them. Some of the milk is used in the production of
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in central southern France, from which it also takes its name. It has a wheat-coloured coat and dark hooves, switch, muzzle and eyes.
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and dairy animal, but is now raised principally for beef. Under certain conditions this can be marketed as
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239:History of French cattle breeding
485:Étude de la race bovine: Aubrac
443:Cattle Breeds: An Encyclopedia
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546:Transboundary breed: Aubrac
316:head; for 2021 it was over
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186:Bos (primigenius) taurus
610:Cattle breeds of France
440:Marleen Felius (1995).
379:. Bullocks weigh about
302:between 1955 and 1975.
221:. It originates on the
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283:was started in 1893.
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710:Aure et Saint-Girons
273:Auvergne-RhĂ´ne-Alpes
169:horned in both sexes
77:Languedoc-Roussillon
33:Cow and calf on the
822:Rouge des Prés Lait
740:Flamande Originelle
307:conservation status
245:Plateau de l'Aubrac
223:Plateau de l'Aubrac
48:(2007): not at risk
42:Conservation status
35:Plateau de l'Aubrac
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355:; cows stand some
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837:Salers Lait
817:Maine-Anjou
800:Parthenaise
735:Ferrandaise
642:Armoricaine
417:, annex to
381:310 kg
345:140 cm
300:Parthenaise
219:beef cattle
166:Horn status
150:Skin colour
53:Other names
875:Categories
847:Tarentaise
780:Mirandaise
770:Maraîchine
688:Bordelaise
398:References
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237:See also:
857:Vosgienne
765:Lourdaise
715:Charolais
708:Casta or
684:(extinct)
682:Bordelais
657:BĂ©arnaise
652:Bazadaise
632:Abondance
281:herd-book
277:Occitanie
267:, in the
842:SaĂ´noise
811:Camargue
795:Normande
790:Nantaise
760:Limousin
750:Gasconne
720:Corsican
637:Alpha 16
392:Laguiole
263:and the
211:Laguiole
138:Female:
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73:Auvergne
56:Laguiole
755:Inra 95
373:draught
349:withers
347:at the
269:regions
257:Aveyron
255:of the
247:in the
233:History
225:in the
161:wheaten
832:Salers
662:Betizu
647:Aubrac
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385:weaned
292:MĂ©zenc
265:Lozère
261:Cantal
259:, the
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179:Cattle
140:129 cm
133:140 cm
131:Male:
125:Height
115:650 kg
108:950 kg
106:Male:
100:Weight
95:Traits
64:France
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693:Brava
383:when
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153:black
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