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Cattle are bred by making herds graze on grassland. This act, however, might allow the use of land to be unsuitable for growing crops. [19] Breeds of cattles indigenous to the northern Nigeria includes: White Fulani, Red Bororo, Sokoto Gudali, Adamawa Gudali, Wadara, Azawak, Muturu, Keteku, Ndama and Kuri. [20] [21]
For example, cattle population (per 1000) plummeted from 42 in 1985 to 36 a decade later. Grand Gedeh , Lofa , Bong , and Nimba counties harbour the majority of the cattle, sheep and goats. The most prevalent breeds of cattle are N’Dama and Muturu, although there have been limited attempts to cross breed these with larger cattle.
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.
An N'Dama herd in West Africa. N'Dama is a breed of cattle from West Africa.Other names for them include Boenca or Boyenca (Guinea-Bissau), Fouta Jallon, Djallonké or Djallonké cattle, Fouta Longhorn, Fouta Malinke, Futa, Malinke, Mandingo (Liberia), and N'Dama Petite (Senegal).
The mitochondrial divergence of undomesticated Indian cattle, European cattle, and Sanga cattle (Bos primigenius) from one another in 25,000 BP is viewed as evidence supporting the conclusion that cattle may have been domesticated in Northeast Africa, [21] particularly, the eastern region of the Sahara, [21] [22] between 10,000 BP and 8000 BP. [23]
Feeder cattle or store cattle are young cattle soon to be either backgrounded or sent to fattening, most especially those intended to be sold to someone else for finishing before butchering. In some regions, a distinction between stockers and feeders (by those names) is the distinction of backgrounding versus immediate sale to a finisher.
Grazing hobbles for horses and cattle hobbles (bottom) A muster (Au/NZ) or a roundup (US/Ca) is the process of gathering livestock . Musters usually involve cattle , sheep or horses , but may also include goats , camels , buffalo or other animals.
Madura cattle, also known as Maduran cattle or Madurese cattle (Indonesian: Sapi madura, Madurese: Sapè Madhurâ) are a stable, inbred hybrid of Zebu (Bos indicus) and Banteng (Bos javanicus). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They originated from the island of Madura just northeast of Java , in Indonesia where the original cattle population was the wild Banteng ...