Aure et Saint-Girons

Cattle

The Aure et Saint-Girons is a French breed of cattle. It is also named casta meaning chestnut because of its color.

The breed comes from the south of France, in the middle part of the Pyrenees,and is bred from;

Aure cattle, draught oxen used to bring down timber from the mountains to the valleys.
St Girons cattle, a dairy cattle used to make a mountain cheese named bethmale, similar to Spanish breeds like the Tudanca. It is found only on small farms with less than 20 cows.

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