Guzerá

Guzerá
Bull in Avaré
Cow in Avaré
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): not at risk
  • DAD-IS (2025): not at risk
Other names
  • Azulego
  • Kankrej
  • Guzerat
Country of originBrazil
Distribution
Use
  • meat
  • dual-purpose line
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    900 kg
  • Female:
    600 kg
Height
  • Male:
    165 cm
  • Female:
    154 cm
Skin colourblack
Coatusually grey or white
Horn status
  • horned in both sexes
  • polled variant
  • Cattle
  • Hybrid Bos (primigenius) taurus/indicus

The Guzerá or Guzerat is a Brazilian breed of taurindicine cattle. It derives from cross-breeding of Indian Kankrej cattle, imported to Brazil from 1870 onwards, with local taurine Crioulo cattle of European origin. The name is a Portuguese spelling of that of the western Indian state of Gujarat.

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