Salers Cattle

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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/