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What cows are dairy cows?

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Dairy Cows are cows that can produce enough milk too be able to be milked.
The following list is of some Dairy Cow breeds: (the most common breed is Holstein)

Ayrshire
Brown Swiss
Busa
Canadienne
Dairy Shorthorn
Dutch Belted
Estonian Red
Friesian
Girolando
Guernsey
Holstein
Illawarra
Irish Moiled
Jersey
Kerry
Lineback
Meuse Rhine Issel
Milking Devon
Montbéliarde
Normande
Norwegian Red
Randall
Sahiwal

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