Fribourgeoise

Fribourgeoise, also called Fribourg cattle, was a Swiss cattle breed from the canton of Fribourg and nearby western Switzerland. It was known as a black-pied dual-purpose animal at a time when regional Swiss cattle were used for milk, meat, and draft work. The breed belonged to the older landscape of local Alpine and pre-Alpine cattle before modern specialization and breed consolidation changed Swiss dairying.

The Fribourgeoise is generally treated as extinct or absorbed into other cattle populations, especially as black-and-white dairy breeding expanded during the twentieth century. It is therefore more relevant to livestock history, genetic-resource research, and museum or archive work than to ordinary cattle purchasing. Anyone encountering animals marketed under the name should ask for clear documentation, because a coat pattern alone is not evidence of a surviving breed. Conservation interest centers on records, photographs, pedigrees where available, and understanding how local cattle were replaced or incorporated into modern dairy lines.

Colors: Belted, Black, Black and White, Blaze Faced, Blue Roan, Brindle, Brockle Faced, Brown, Brown and White, Dun, Gray, Grey, Highbelt, Highpark, Lineback, Mottled, Pied, Red, Red and White, Red Roan, Riggit, Roan, Silver, Solid Black, Solid Red, Solid White, Speckled, Spotted, White, White Faced, Yellow