The Salers is a dual-purpose cattle breed that originated in Cantal, in the Massif Central region of France, historically bred for draft work, milk and meat. It carries a thick mahogany-red or black coat and long, lyre-shaped, light-coloured horns, though polled lines also exist, and cows stand about 1.4 metres tall and weigh 700 to 750 kilograms. The breed was selectively improved in the nineteenth century by the breeder Ernest Tyssandier dEscous, and its milk, rich in fat, is used to make the AOC cheeses Cantal and Salers; it is also crossed with Charolais cattle for veal production. Roughly 300,000 head remain in France, and the breed has been exported to more than 25 countries for its tolerance of extreme temperatures and strong fertility.
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The historical journey for the Salers breed, was first recorded by archaeologists as depicted from ancient drawings in cave dwellings dated some 7,000 years ago.
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is a breed of cattle which originated in Cantal in the Massif Central of France.
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They have a thick, mahogany red or black coat, and long, lyre-shaped, light-coloured horns.
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Originally bred for work, this dual-purpose breed was especially appreciated for its ability to withstand extreme variations in temperature, its fertility, its ease of breeding, its milk (even if the presence of the calf was required to milk it), and its meat.
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