Guzerá
 Bull in Avaré | |
| Conservation status | FAO (2007): not at risk[1]: 144 |
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| Country of origin | Brazil, India |
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| Use | Beef, Dairy |
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| Coat | usually grey or white[3]: 193 |
| Horn status | horned in both sexes |
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The Guzerá or Guzerat is a Brazilian breed of domestic cattle. It derives from cross-breeding of Indian Kankrej cattle, imported to Brazil from 1870 onwards, with local Crioulo (Landrace) cattle.[3]: 193 The name is a Portuguese spelling of the western Indian state of Gujarat.[3]: 193
See also
References
- ^ Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed August 2017.
- ^ a b Breed data sheet: Guzera/Brazil. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2017.
- ^ a b c Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
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