Breeds of Cattle, Pigs & Sheep

[Roughquest]

I have been trying to find a website that has photos detailing breeds of farm animals such as cattle, pigs and sheep - but without success....anyone know of any UK websites that can help me identify breeds?

[lankeela]

Try good old Wikipedia - they have a page called List of Breeds of Cattle. There are pictures of many breeds, and I suspect they also have a page for other animals.

[Noweia]

There is one here that covers worldwide livestock breeds:

http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/

A website here covers UK rare breeds:
http://freespace.virgin.net/a.wood/rarebreeds. htm

Beef breeds:
http://www.genusbreeding.co.uk/content.output/ 1/10/Beef%20/Beef%20for%20Beef%20Farmers/Breed s.mspx

http://www.genusbreeding.co.uk/content.output/ 1/257/Beef%20/Beef%20for%20Beef%20Farmers/Spec ialist%20Breeds.mspx

Dairy breeds:
http://www.genusbreeding.co.uk/content.output/ 16/25/Dairy/Dairy/Specialist%20Breeds.mspx

http://www.genusbreeding.co.uk/content.output/ 16/19/Dairy/Dairy/Holstein.mspx

http://www.genusbreeding.co.uk/content.output/ 16/24/Dairy/Dairy/Friesian.mspx

[Noweia]

Sheep breeds:
http://www.nationalsheep.org.uk/pages/uk_sheep .htm

Pig breeds:
http://www.britishpigs.org.uk/breeds.htm

Hope this helps!!

[lankeela]

Makes my answer look paltry! Well done noweia. Interesting to know there are over 800 breeds of cattle.

[Roughquest]

Fantastic - many thanks! I have found the answer I was looking for !

RQ xx