breed reported in geographic location Piedmont (Cattle) Piemontese, Italy (Cattle) https://www.fao.org/dad-is Piemontese The current breed is the result of a selective process occurred in Northern-Western Italy involving alpine cattle Piedmont populations characterized by red or fawn coat which were crossed with Grey autochthonous populations (Cristin, 1861-1862; Mascheroni 1929). The presence in Piedmont of T3 haplogroup common to Aurochs justifies the inclusion of this breed and the other Grey cattle breeds in Bos primigenius taurus subspecies (Hiendleder et al., 2008; Matassino e Ciani, 2009). Piedmontese 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. VBO:0003791 domestic breed Sabrina Toro