Meuse-Rhine-Issel

Meuse-Rhine-Issel
Bull, photograph from circa 1938
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): not at risk:82
  • CGN (2020): declining
  • DAD-IS (2022): not at risk
Other names
  • Meuse-Rhine-Yssel
  • Maas-Rijn-IJssel
  • Maas-Rijn-IJsselvee
Country of originNetherlands
Usedairy
Traits
Weight
  • Female:
    700 kg:243
Height
  • Male:
    145 cm:243
  • Female:
    137 cm:243
Coatred pied, often with little red
  • Cattle
  • Bos (primigenius) taurus

The Meuse-Rhine-Issel or Meuse-Rhine-Yssel (Dutch: Maas-Rijn-IJssel) is a Dutch breed of dual-purpose cattle, reared both for meat and for milk. It falls within the Lowland-Pied group of North European cattle; it is red-pied, and of medium-large size.:45