List of dairy cattle breeds

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Dairy cattle are those primarily raised for their milk as part of dairy farming.

Breed	Country of Origin	Output per Day[Note 1]		Other
		Gallons	Litres
Ayrshire cattle	Scotland	5	19	Can be used for foraging
Brown Swiss	Switzerland	8	30	Second largest amount of milk produced of any dairy cattle breed.
Buša cattle	Croatia	1	3.8
Canadienne cattle	Canada	2.7	10.4	Very rare breed.
Dairy Shorthorn	England	7.6	29	Also called the milking shorthorn.
Dexter cattle	Ireland	2	7.5	Very small in size. Used in domestic farms.
Guernsey cattle	Guernsey	5	19	One of the channel islands cattle.
Holstein-Friesian cattle	Netherlands	Up to 14	Up to 53	Known for producing the most amount of milk of any cattle.
Illawarra cattle	Australia	2	7.5
Irish Moiled	Ireland	2	7.5	Rare breed and can be dual purpose, meat and milk.
Jersey Cattle	Jersey	5	19	Has a very high content of butterfat in the milk.
American Milking Devon	America	5	23	Originally bred from the North Devon cattle
Milking Shorthorn	Britain	6	22
Norwegian Red	Norway	5	18
Red Poll	England	4	15	A cross of Norfolk Red and Suffolk Dun