List of Japanese cattle breeds

This is a list of the cattle breeds considered in Japan to be wholly or partly of Japanese origin. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively Japanese.

• Japanese Black[1][2][3]
• Japanese Brown[1][2][3]
• Japanese Polled[1][2][3]
• Japanese Shorthorn[1][2][3]
• Kairyo-washu (extinct)[2]
• Kuchinoshima[2][3]
• Mishima[1][2][3]

See also

• Wagyu

References

1. Kiyoshi Namikawa (2016 [1992]). Breeding history of Japanese beef cattle and preservation of genetic resources as economic farm animals. Kyoto: Wagyu Registry Association. Accessed January 2017.
2. Breeds reported by Japan: Cattle. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed January 2017.
3. [National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences] (2005). Country Report: Japan, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed January 2017.