Crioulo Lageano

Crioulo Lageano longhorn beef cattle (or "raça Crioula Lageana") originated from cattle originally brought to Brazil from Portugal by the Jesuits (Jesuit Reductions) 400 years ago.[1] The breed was probably domesticated 4000 BC in Egypt, it came to the south of Spain from the North of Africa.[1][2] The center of the rest population (just 700 individuals) is the plateau of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil.[2][3][4]

It is similar to the Franqueira breed (just 500 individuals, eight to ten farmers in Rio Grande do Sul), with the same origin, which coming from Franca, São Paulo, spread through the Brazilian territory.[5]

Naturalized Brazilian cattle breeds

Most of the naturalized Brazilian cattle breeds came from three centers; São Vicente, Salvador and Recife and they were originally Portuguese breeds: the Alentejana or Transtagana, the Barrosã, the Mirandesa, the Minhota and the Arouquesa.[2]

Naturalized Brazilian cattle breeds Est. population size Original location
Crioulo Lageano 100–1,000 Santa Catarina
Franqueiro 500 Rio Grande do Sul
Curraleiro 500–1,000 Piauí
Mocho Nacional
(National Polled)		 400 São Paulo and Goiás
Pantaneiro 8,300 Mato Grosso do Sul
Caracu 30,000 São Paulo
Junqueira
(a Caracu longhorn breed)		 - Minas Gerais

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Araújo, R. V. (1990). Os Jesuítas dos 7 Povos. Porto Alegre: La Salle. p. 467.
  2. ^ a b c Spritze, Álvaro; Andréa Alves de Egito; Arthur da Silva Mariante; Concepta McManus (October 2003). "Caracterização genética da raça bovina Crioulo Lageano por marcadores moleculares RAPD". Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira. 38 (10): 1157–1164. doi:10.1590/S0100-204X2003001000004.
  3. ^ http://www.correiolageano.com.br/htmNoticia.php?id=14181&c=4 Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Preservação da raça Crioula Lageana
  4. ^ A. da S. Mariante; N. Cavalcante (2000). Animais do descobrimento: raças domésticas da história do Brasil. Brasília: Embrapa-Cenargen. p. 232.
  5. ^ http://revistagloborural.globo.com/GloboRural/0,6993,EEC1686282-1641,00.html Archived 24 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine O resgate do boi franqueiro



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