Brown Caucasian cattle

The Brown Caucasian is a cattle breed from the Caucasus (Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Dagestan (Russia)). Found in the Caucasus region the breed is the result of crossing Brown Swiss and Kostroma cattle onto the local cattle to produce a variable breed depending on the local stock, with strains for dairy and dairy-beef production.[1]

Brown Caucasian cow bred in Armenia

References
  1. FAO Aimal genetic resources of the USSR


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