breed reported in geographic location Holstein (black and white) (Cattle) Holstein, Barbados (Cattle) https://www.fao.org/dad-is VBO:0003136 The concept of “breed reported in geographic location by FAO National Coordinators” is unique to DAD-IS (https://www.fao.org/dad-is/en/). This VBO term should therefore be used specifically for the breed conforming to this concept. Holstein imported; locally adapted; The Holstein cow originated in Europe. The major historical development of this breed occurred in what is now the Netherlands and more specifically in the two northern provinces of North Holland and Friesland, which lay on either side of the Zuider Zee. The original stock was the black animals and white animals of the Batavians and Friesians, migrant European tribes who settled in the Rhine Delta region about 2,000 years ago. domestic breed Sabrina Toro