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Cow Gyr cattle in Brazil. The Gir or Gyr is an Indian breed of zebuine cattle. It originated in the Kathiawar peninsula in the state of Gujarat, and the name of the breed derives from that of the Gir Hills in that region. [2]: 187 Other names include Bhodah, Desan, Gujarati, Kathiawari, Sorthi and Surti. [2]: 187
"A team of animal scientists from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is set to deliver a potential game changer for subsistence farmers in Tanzania: cows that produce up to 20 times the milk of indigenous breeds." [3] The team plans to "implant 100 half-blood Holstein-Gyr or Jersey-Gyr embryos into indigenous cattle" to take to Tanzania.
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.
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Jafarabadi buffalo, Jaffrabadi buffalo or Gir buffalo [1] is a domesticated riverine buffalo that originated in Gujarat, India. [2] It is estimated that there are about 25,000 Jafarabadi buffaloes in the world. [ 3 ]
It derives from imported Indian zebuine cattle, principally Gir and Kankrej (which in Brazil are known as Guzerá). [4]: 219 It was formerly an important beef breed, but in the twenty-first century is an endangered breed. [3]: 205 It is characterised by particularly large ears, perhaps the largest seen in any breed of cattle. [3]: 205
Related cattle breed Description 1 Banni [57] 2 Bhadawari [58] Agra and Etawah districts,Uttar Pradesh and Gwalior district, Madhya Pradesh. 3 Jaffrabadi [59] Gir forests, Kutch and Jamnagar districts, Gujarat. known for its ability to fight lions in Gir forest 4 Mehsana [60] Mehsana, Sabarkanda and Banaskanta districts, Gujarat and adjoining ...
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