---
id: "animal_breed"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["agriculture"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 55
url: "https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/animal_breed"
---

# Animal breed (`animal_breed`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Name or code of a breed of domestic animal, such as Holstein Friesian cattle, Merino sheep or Labrador Retriever dogs. Typical columns are in livestock registers, herd books, animal movement and slaughter data, dog and cat licences and veterinary records. Breed codes are national or studbook-specific; FAO DAD-IS keeps a global list of livestock breeds.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Agriculture, livestock and food (agriculture)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: categorical

## Examples

- `Holstein Friesian` — dairy cattle breed
- `Merino` — sheep breed
- `Labrador Retriever` — dog breed

## Translations

- ru: Порода животного: Название или код породы домашнего животного, например голштинская корова или меринос.

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breed>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38829>
- doc: <https://www.fao.org/dad-is/en/>

## Quality

Score 55/100. Missing: regexp, negative example, mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), detector coverage.

JSON: <https://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/animal_breed.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/agriculture/animal_breed.yaml>