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Department of Animal and Food SciencesOSU Extension

Breeds of Livestock

CATTLE GOATS HORSES POULTRY SHEEP SWINE OTHER

CATTLE GOATS HORSES POULTRY SHEEP SWINE OTHER

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About the Asian Breeds

The following breeds of livestock are crucial to the agriculture industry in the Asian region of the world. Their purpose varies from meat production, wool production, transportation and more.

A

Akaushi Cattle Akhall Tekee Horses Altai Goats Altai Mountain Goats Altay Sheep Amrit Mahal Cattle Anatolian Black Cattle Anglo-Kabarda Horses Angora Goats Arabi Sheep Arabian Horses Arvana Dromedary Camels Auliee-Ata Cattle Awassi Sheep

B

Bachaurr Cattle Baladii Cattle Balkhi Sheep Baluchi Horses Baluchi Sheep Ban-ei Horses Barbari Goats Bashkir Horses Beetal Goats Beijing Black Swine Belarus Red Cattle Bengali Cattle Bhagnari Cattle Bibrik Sheep Budyonny Horses Byelorussian Harness Horses

C

Cantonese Swine Caspian Horses Caucasian Cattle Chaparr Goats Cheju Horses Chinese Black-and-White Cattle Chinese Mongolian Cattle Chinese Xinjiang Brown Cattle Cholistani Cattle Cholistani Sheep

D

Daera Din Panah Goats Dajal Cattle Damani Goats Damani Sheep Damascus Cattle Dangi Cattle Deliboz Horses Deoni Cattle Dhanni Cattle Don Goats Dulong Cattle

E

Estonian Native Horses Estonian Red Cattle

F

G

Gansu Alpine Fine-Wool Sheep Gaolao Cattle Gir Cattle Guangxi Horses Guzerat Cattle

H

Hallikar Cattle Han Sheep Hariana Cattle Harnai Sheep Hasht Nagri Sheep Hazaragie Sheep Hequ Horses Hezuo Swine Hokkaido Horses Hu Sheep

I

Iomud Horses Israeli Holstein Cattle Israeli Red Cattle Istoben Cattle

J

Jaulan Cattle Jining Grey Goats Jinhua Swine

L

Large Black-White Swine Lati Sheep Latvian Brown Cattle Latvian Horses Lithuanian Heavy Draft Horses Lohani Cattle Lohi Sheep Lokai Horses

M

Malaysian Buffalo Malvi Cattle Mehraban Sheep Meishan Swine Mewati Cattle Miniature Zebu Cattle Minzhu Swine Misaki Horses Miyako Horses Moghani Sheep Mongolian Horses

N

Nachi Goat Nagorii Cattle Neijiang Swine New Kirgiz Horses Nili-Ravi Buffalo Nimari Cattle Ningxiang Swine Noma Horses

O

Ob Pony Ongole Cattle Orlov Trotter Horses

P

Philippine Goats Philippine Native Cattle Philippine Native Swine Ponwarr Cattle Przewalski Horses

Q

Qashqai Sheep Qatgani Horses Qinchuan Cattle Qinghai Black Tibetan Sheep Qinghai Semifinewool Sheep Quanglin Large-Tail Sheep

R

Rath Cattle Rathi Cattle Red Sindhi Cattle Rojhan Cattle Romanov Sheep Russian Black Pied Cattle Russian Don Horses Russian Heavy Draft Horses Russian Orloff Chickens Russian Trotter Horses Russian White Goat & Gorki Goat

S

Sahiwall Cattle Sanhe Cattle Sanhe Horses Sarabi Cattle Shagya Horses Shamo Chickens Siri Cattle Soviet Heavy Draft Horses

T

Taishuh Horses Tersk Horses Thalli Sheep Tharparkar Cattle Tibetan Swine Tokara Horses Tong Sheep Trakehner Horses

U

Ujumqin Sheep Ukrainian Saddle Horses Umblachery Cattle Ural Black Pied Cattle Uzbek Black Goats

V

Vladimir Heavy Draft Horses Vyatka Horses

W

Waygu Cattle Waziri Sheep Wuzhishan Swine

X

Xilingol Horses Xinjiang Finewool Sheep

Y

Yaks Yakut Horses Yanbian Cattle Yanqi Horses Yemen White Sheep Yemeni Sheep Yiecheng Sheep Yonaguni Horses Yoroo Sheep Yunnan Semifinewool Sheep

Z

Zaniskari Pony Zel Sheep Zhemaichu Horses Zhongwei Goats