Dutch Belted

The Dutch Belted or Dutch Belt is an American breed of dairy cattle. It derives from the Lakenvelder of Germany and Holland, of which examples were imported to the United States from 1838.[2]: 171 [3]: 96 [4]: 1  It became an important dairy breed in the early twentieth century, but could not compete with the Holstein-Friesian. By 1970 it was close to extinction; from 1993 the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (later The Livestock Conservancy) was active in the recovery of the breed.[5] In 2021 it was listed as "critical" on the watchlist of the conservancy.[6]

Dutch Belted
Other namesDutch Belt
Country of originUnited States
Usedairy
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    average 760 kg[1]
  • Female:
    average 544 kg[1]
Coatblack or red, with broad white belt
Horn statususually horned; may be polled
  • Cattle
  • Bos (primigenius) taurus

[7][8][9]

  1. Breed data sheet: Dutch Belted / United States of America (Cattle). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed October 2021.
  2. Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
  3. Marleen Felius (1995). Cattle Breeds: An Encyclopedia. Doetinchem, Netherlands: Misset. ISBN 9789054390176.
  4. Dutch Belted Cattle: Heritage Livestock Breeds. Mother Earth News.
  5. Dutch Belted Cattle. The Livestock Conservancy. Archived 19 October 2021.
  6. Conservation Priority List. The Livestock Conservancy. Archived 20 October 2021.
  7. About The Breed. Dutch Belted Cattle Association of America.
  8. DBCA Breeding Up Program. Dutch Belted Cattle Association of America.
  9. Janet Vorwald Dohner (2001). The Encyclopedia of Historic and Endangered Livestock and Poultry Breeds. New Haven, Connecticut; London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300088809.
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