Cattle breeds fall into two main types which are regarded as either two closely related species or two subspecies of one species. A complete listing of all the breed registries we have contacted for information is available in the alphabetical listings.
The cattle breeds are classified below on the basis of their origin and production purpose.
Types of cattle in africa. The african continent is home to an extraordinary array of indigenous cattle well over a hundred distinct breeds. According to the effectiveness and production of milk and meat the cattle breeds are of four types. These cattle originated in east africa probably the western shores of lake victoria and have spread down the river nile i e.
On the basis of production. We fully realize that this list is not complete. Some famous milk productive cattle breeds are holstein friesian sahiwal jersey red sindhi brown swiss.
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. Sanga cattle is the collective name for indigenous cattle of sub saharan africa. They are sometimes identified as a subspecies with the scientific name bos taurus africanus.
Northwards with depictions on ancient egyptian murals. This types of cattle breed become highly milk productive. As the small sample featured in this coffee table book demonstrates they come in every shape size and colour from the miniature lobi to the large bodied ethiopian boran the humpless n dama to the humped red fulani the favoured white of the kamba to the deep dark red of.
It contains only those breeds for which we currently have information available.
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