Blonde d’Aquitaine
(most common name)
(transboundary/brand name)

(local/other name):
• Aquitaine Blond
• Blonda de Aquitania (Spain)
• Blondakiten (Serbia)
• Blondes (Australia)
• La race Blonde d’Aquitaine
• Plave akvitanske (Czechia)
• Rubio de aquitania (Chile)

The Blonde d’Aquitaine was founded on the following three ancient breeds:
• Garonnais (the most important and which may also have a relationship to the Devon due to trade)
• Quersey (which had been crossbred with the Durham/Shorthorn and Limousin)
• Pyrenean Blond (a combination of three local strains and several varieties — of which only the Lourdais and Béarnais have survived and were not absorbed)

This page was last updated on: 2024-08-08

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