Dutch Improved Red Pied
(most common name in English)

(most common name):
• Verbeterd Roodbont
(transboundary/brand name):
• Improved Red and White cattle
(local/other name):
• Verbeterd Roodbont Vleesras (VRV)
local/other name (English):
• Improved Red and White
• Improved Red Pied Beef Breed

The Dutch Improved Red Pied had its herdbook established in 1988.

This breed descended from the Meuse-Rijn-Yssel and was created when milk quotas forced breeders to improve the beef qualities of the Red Pieds in order to use them for maintaining the size of their herds — which had become smaller due to these quotas.

This page was last updated on: 2023-05-16

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