Danish Red Cattle

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Danish Red cattle, also known as Red Danish or Red Dane, are a major dairy breed in northern Europe. [1] [2] The breed was developed in Denmark based on local breeds bred with Angeln cattle [3] from Angeln, Schleswig. Danish Red cattle (and, earlier, Angeln cattle) have been imported to many other countries and have been used to improve and form many local breeds [4], such as Estonian Red [5], Polish Red, Belarus Red [6] [7], Tambov Red (Russian Red), Bulgarian Red, etc.

The solid red color of these breeds has helped in making them popular for crossbreeding in tropical countries [8] with red Zebu dairy breeds like Sahiwal, Red Sindhi and Butana. They are good milk cows, yielding milk with higher butter fat and protein content than does the Holstein-Friesian.