About Savoiarda Cattle

Savoiarda Cattle are an old Italian breed belonging to a branch of the French breed Tarantaise.They are used mainly for milk product, but often for meat. As to a census of half twentieth century there were about 12,500 heads only in the province of Turin, particularly in Susa Valley.Today this breed has undergone a great decrease, although some heads from the old Savoiarda breed still survive.

Dark golden red coat shading to tawny, particularly in the young head that have a quite dark colour which gets lighter when growing older. Dark grey wide muzzle, white yellowish elliptical horns with black tip.

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