Vianesa
Image from an information placard on the breed | |
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| Country of origin | Spain |
| Distribution | Galicia |
| Standard | Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (page 12, in Spanish) |
| Use | beef |
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| Coat | dark chestnut brown, variable |
| Horn status | horned |
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The Vianesa is a traditional Spanish breed of cattle originating in the autonomous community of Galicia in north-western Spain. It is named either for the municipality of Viana do Bolo in the province of Ourense in south-eastern Galicia, close to the border with northern Portugal, or for the comarca of Viana in which that municipality lies. With the Cachena, the Caldelana or Caldelá, the Frieiresa and the Limiana or Limiá, it forms part of the grouping of dark brown cattle known as the Morena Galega or Morenas del Noroeste (roughly 'dark-browns of the north-west').
It is an endangered breed: in 2023 it was listed in DAD-IS as 'at risk/endangered-maintained'. The population in 2022 was just under 3000 head in 56 farms, almost all in Galicia; about 80 cattle were at a farm in Castilla y León.