Milking Shorthorn

The Milking Shorthorn or Dairy Shorthorn is a breed of dairy cattle that originated in Great Britain. It developed from the Shorthorn, which itself came from County Durham, Northumberland and Yorkshire in north eastern England.

The breed is known as Milking Shorthorn in the United States, Canada, and New Zealand, and as Dairy Shorthorn in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and South Africa. The Illawarra cattle breed of Australia is largely descended from Milking Shorthorn genetics. The Swedish Red and Norwegian Red breeds also have some ancestry based in Shorthorn genetics.