Crioulo Lageano longhorn
beef cattle (or "''raça Crioula Lageana''") originated from cattle originally brought to
Brazil from
Portugal by the Jesuits (
Jesuit Reductions) 400 years ago.
The breed was probably domesticated 4000 BC in Egypt, it came to the south of Spain from the North of Africa.
The center of the rest population (just 700 individuals) is the plateau of
Lages,
Santa Catarina, Brazil.
It is similar to the Franqueira breed (just 500 individuals, eight to ten farmers in
Rio Grande do Sul
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), with the same origin, which coming from
Franca,
São Paulo, spread through the Brazilian territory.
[http://revistagloborural.globo.com/GloboRural/0,6993,EEC1686282-1641,00.html O resgate do boi franqueiro]
Naturalized Brazilian cattle breeds
Most of the naturalized Brazilian cattle breeds came from three centers;
São Vicente,
Salvador
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** ''Salvador'' ( ...
and
Recife and they were originally Portuguese breeds: the Alentejana or Transtagana, the Barrosã, the
Mirandesa
The Mirandesa is a cattle breed from Portugal. The Mirandesa breed has the protected geographical status of DOC (''Denominação de Origem Controlada'') from the European Commission
Description
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, the Minhota and the
Arouquesa.
See also
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Bos aegyptiacus
References
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External links
Associação Brasileira de Criadores de Bovinos da Raça Crioula LageanaRaça Crioula Lageana* Caracterização genética da raça bovina Crioulo Lageano por marcadores moleculares RAP
Crioulo Lageano, enfim registrado* Associação pode livrar raça bovina secular do perigo da extinçã
Associação Brasileira dos Criadores de Caracu*
ttp://www.abpd.com.br Associação Brasileira de Criadores de Gado Pé-Duro - Curraleiro
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