South American Creole cattle are direct descendants of the animals brought to the New World by the Spanish and Portuguese during the 16th century. A portion of the mitochondrial D-loop was ...

African cattle breeds are astonishingly diverse, and often quite beautiful. They range from the dark-red Ankole of southern Uganda, with their massive heat-dissipating horns, to the Boran which ...

“We believe these insights can be used to breed a new generation of African cattle with qualities of European and American livestock (more milk and meat)—but with the rich traits that make ...

Sifting through the DNA of 16 indigenous African breeds, we discovered a thousand-year-old event in which the world’s two main subspecies of cattle – namely taurine and zebus – mixed.

Once researchers are sure the variant does not have adverse side-effects, African cattle breeders can test their animals’ DNA for it and breed from those carrying it, thus producing ECF ...

Genetic traits of indigenous African cattle must be respected ... Scientists cited the arrival of Asian breeds in east Africa between 750 to 1050 years ago that helped diversify the gene pool, ...

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The original Makalanga cattle of the Shona people of the eastern half of Zimbabwe were of Sanga type, similar to the Tonga cattle of Zambia. Namibia: African Livestock Breeds - Mashona Cattle ...

African breed of cattle harbors potential defense against life-threatening parasite. ScienceDaily . Retrieved April 30, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2013 / 09 / 130927092346.htm ...

Through strategic breeding, African cattle are resilient to extreme weather conditions and sickness, according to a study. Insights could be used to breed cattle which are not only tough to withstand ...

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