Parthenais Cattle Breeders, Societies and Associations

Parthenais Cattle Breeders Societies and Associations

British Parthenais Cattle Society

The Parthenais breed is proving itself in Britain, providing high quality beef from commercial stickler herds, as well as when used on Holstein/friesians, from which the heifers are particularly sought for suckler replacements.

Upra Parthenaise

The Parthenais breed originated in mid West France and occupies an area from the borders of Brittany to the Charente Bassin. The birth area is “La Gâtine” around the Town of Parthenay. (Deux-Sèvres - France) The development number of the breed is localised in the North West of France (Poitou - Charentes and Pays de Loire).

Irish Parthenaise Society

One of the oldest breeds in France, where they were used to produce the very rich milk from which the superb butter, famous in these regions is made, they are now exclusively a beef breed.