Guzerá

Guzerá
a humped grey bull with dark head and foreparts, dark legs, and dark rump and tail
Bull in Avaré
Conservation statusFAO (2007): not at risk[1]: 144 
Other names
  • Azulego
  • Kankrej
  • Guzerat
Country of originBrazil
Distribution
Use
  • meat
  • dual-purpose line
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    900 kg[2]
  • Female:
    600 kg[2]
Coatusually grey or white[3]: 193 
Horn status
  • horned in both sexes
  • polled variant
  • Cattle
  • Hybrid Bos (primigenius) taurus/indicus

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 taurine Crioulo cattle of European origin.[3]: 193  The name is a Portuguese spelling of that of the western Indian state of Gujarat.[3]: 193 

The herd-book for the breed was started in 1938; in it, a dual-purpose (meat and dairy) line is distinguished from the beef type, and a polled variant is also distinguished. In 2010 there were approximately 92 000 head registered, constituting some 3.5% of the total number of indicine cattle in Brazil.[3]: 193 

The Guzerá was one of the principal breeds from which the American Brahman developed in the twentieth century.[3]: 137 

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c d e 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.