Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Philippine cattle are the indigenous cattle breed found throughout the Philippines. It is a small breed with mature bulls weighing about 400 kg and mature cows weighing about 300 kg. [1] The color ranges from grey to brown to fawn, with white spotting on some animals. The females are humpless, while males have a low hump. [2] The breed is used ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
Cattle breeds fall into two main types, which are regarded as either two closely related species, or two subspecies of one species. Bos indicus (or Bos taurus indicus ) cattle, commonly called zebu, are adapted to hot climates and originated in the tropical parts of the world such as India, Sub-saharan Africa, China, and Southeast Asia.
The zebu (/ ˈ z iː b (j) uː, ˈ z eɪ b uː /; Bos indicus [4]), sometimes known in the plural as indicine cattle, Camel cow or humped cattle, is a species or subspecies of domestic cattle originating in South Asia. [5] Zebu, like many Sanga cattle breeds, differs from taurine cattle by a fatty hump on their shoulders, a large dewlap, and
Water buffalos have also been imported from abroad by the Philippine Carabao Center and crossbred with the carabao in an effort to develop a more productive breed for milk production. In 2015, an estimated 10,000 heads of the commercial herds of water buffalo in the Philippines are imported riverine-type breeds, most notably the Murrah buffalo ...
Adult bulls can grow to 84 in (2,100 mm) in height with a mass of up to 1,600 kg (3,500 lb) [1] The bulls of the breed surpass the Brahman by more than 500 kg (1,100 lb) in mass. It is still been debated whether the Sibi is the biggest cattle breed in the world. Bulls have been shown to compete with Chianina. [2] [3]
The Brahmana bull in America is an off-breed of the Ongole. The population of Ongole off-breed in Brazil is called Nelore and is said to number several million. The famous Santa Gertrudis breed developed in Texas, USA have Ongole blood. This makes Ongle breed the largest cattle breed by numbers, in the world surpassing even Wildebeest of africa ...
2nd ASEAN-Japan TV Festival 2017 (September 2017) 50th Anniversary of Leyte Landing (1994) The 60th Anniversary of Korean-Philippine Diplomatic Relations Friendship Festival (2009) Aliw Awards (1994–2009; 2012) Anak TV Seal Awards (January 12, 2014) Ang Kwentong PTV: 50th Anniversary Special (June 19, 2024)