Tabapuan is a Brazilian type of polled beef cattle whose

breed A breed is a specific group of breedable domestic animals having homogeneous appearance (phenotype), homogeneous behavior, and/or other characteristics that distinguish it from other organisms of the same species. In literature, there exist seve ...

is a mixture of

Zebu The zebu (; ''Bos indicus''), also known as indicine cattle and humped cattle, is a species or subspecies of Bos taurus, domestic cattle originating in South Asia. Zebu, like many Sanga cattle breeds, differs from taurine cattle by a fatty hump ...

and Mocho Nacional. They are well known for their ability to survive in the tropics.

Etymology

The name comes from the

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

ian city called

Tabapuã Tabapuã is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The population is 12,485 (2020 est.) in an area of 345.6 km². Tabapuã belongs to the Mesoregion of São José do Rio Preto. Media In telecommunications, the city was served ...

, where many bulls of this race were initially found decades ago.

History

The Tabapuã breed was the first humped cattle developed in Brazil as the result of undetermined crossings between Nellore, Guzerat cattle and a little Gir cattle, in the 1940s in Água Milagrosa farm, located in Tabapuã city, São Paulo State, Brazil. The "polled cattle factor" originates from the "Mocho National" cattle breed, the descendants of European cattle. The breed is of great economic importance in meat production in Brazil and it is also relevant cattle for its impressive ability to adapt to different environmental conditions. Tabapuã cattle are distributed throughout Brazil and are exported to Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela and other countries.

Population

Though this breed's population is increasing quickly, it still only accounts for less than 5% of Brazilian beef cattle. A high level of

inbreeding Inbreeding is the production of offspring from the mating or breeding of individuals or organisms that are closely genetic distance, related genetically. By analogy, the term is used in human reproduction, but more commonly refers to the genet ...

in this breed is decreasing their genetic gains.

References

External links

Caranda Farm

Corrego Farm

Association official site

* http://www.braziliancattle.com.br/novo/?empresas,1,,eua {{Cattle breeds of Brazil Cattle breeds Beef cattle breeds Cattle breeds originating in Brazil