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CATTLE GOATS HORSES POULTRY SHEEP SWINE OTHER
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About the British Isles Breeds

The following breeds of sheep, cattle, horses, swine and other species are crucial to the agriculture industry within the British Isles region. Their purpose varies from meat and wool production, transportation and more.

A

Anglo-Nubian GoatsAngus CattleAyrshire Cattle

B

Bagot GoatsBalwen Welsh Mountain SheepBelted Galloway CattleBerkshire SwineBeulah Speckled-Face SheepBlack Welsh Mountain SheepBluefaced Leicester SheepBorder Leicester SheepBoreray SheepBrecknock Hill Cheviot SheepBritish Landrace SwineBritish Lop SwineBritish Milk SheepBritish White Cattle

C

Castlemilk Moorit SheepCheviot SheepCleveland Bay HorsesClydesdale HorsesConnemara PonyCotswold Sheep

D

Dales PonyDartmoor PonyDartmoor SheepDerbyshire Gritstone SheepDevon CattleDevon Closewool SheepDexter CattleDorset SheepDorset Down Sheep

E

English Longhorn CattleEriskay PonyExmoor PonyExmoor Horn Sheep

F

Fell Pony

G

Galloway CattleGloucester CattleGloucestershire Old Spot SwineGolden Guernsey GoatsGuernsey Cattle

H

Hackney HorseHampshire SheepHampshire SwineHebridean SheepHerdwick SheepHereford CattleHighland CattleHighland PonyHill Radnor Sheep

I

Irish Draught HorsesIrish GoatsIrish Moiled Cattle

J

Jersey Cattle

K

Kerry CattleKerry Hill Sheep

L

Large Black SwineLarge White SwineLegbar ChickensLeicester Longwool SheepLincoln SheepLlanwenog SheepLleyn SheepLonk SheepLuing Cattle

M

Manx Loaghtan SheepMiddle White SwineMilking Devon CattleMilking Shorthorn Cattle

N

Nankin ChickensNew Forest PonyNorfolk Horn SheepNorth Country Cheviot Sheep

O

Orkney SheepOxford Sandy & Black SwineOxford Sheep

P

Polled Hereford CattlePortland Sheep

R

Red Angus CattleRed Poll CattleRough Fell SheepRyeland Sheep

S

Saddleback SwineScottish Blackface SheepSebright ChickensShetland PonyShetland SheepShire HorsesShorthorn CattleShropshire SheepSoay SheepSouth Devon CattleSouth Wales Mountain SheepSouthdown SheepSuffolk HorsesSuffolk SheepSussex CattleSwaledale Sheep

T

Tamworth SwineTeeswater SheepThoroughbred Horses

W

Welsh Black CattleWelsh Hill Speckled Face SheepWelsh Mountain SheepWelsh Mountain Badger Faced SheepWelsh SwineWensleydale SheepWhite Park CattleWhiteface Dartmoor SheepWhiteface Woodland SheepWiltshire Woodland SheepWelsh Pony & Cob

Y

Yorkshire Swine
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