Helpful links about Australian Lowline cattle

Lowline Country This is the official website of the Australian Lowline Cattle Association, also known as ALCA. ALCA is the original association which established the Australian Lowline herd book and which controls the breed in Australia and New Zealand. Based at ABRI, University of New England, New South Wales, Australia.

ABRI The Agricultural Business Research Institute which administers the Australian Lowline breed. ABRI is a world leader in ag-business services with 80 different breed associations and 35 million head of stock of eight different animal varieties registered on its data base. Of particular interest is the BREEDPLAN beef cattle genetic evaluation system covering a wide range of traits including birth weight, calving ease, growth, milking ability, fertility and carcass information.

American Lowline Registry runs the US herd book.
In the US, Australian Lowline cattle are known as American Lowlines. However, all stud stock must be DNA verified back to the Australian Lowline herd book and all Lowlines imported into the US from Australia must be registered with ALCA to be eligible to be cross registered. American Lowlines can be registered as full bloods or "percentage" but the registries are kept totally separate and no matter how many times a percentage Lowline is bred to a full blood Lowline, it can never be entered into the full blood registry so the genetic purity of the breed is preserved.

Canadian Lowline Association runs the Canadian herd book and in Canada, Australian Lowline cattle are known as Canadian Lowlines. However, all stud stock must be DNA parentage verified back to the Australian herd book as in the US.

The Northwest Lowline Association (Northwest US including Washington State, Idaho and Oregon). Must be a breeder of Lowline Angus cattle and must be a member of the American Lowline Registry.