The Tswana is an indigenous
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 ...
or group of breeds of
beef cattle
Beef cattle are cattle raised for meat production (as distinguished from dairy cattle, used for milk (production)). The meat of mature or almost mature cattle is mostly known as beef.
In beef production there are three main stages: cow-calf opera ...
of
Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the sou ...
. It is a
Sanga
Sanga may refer to:
People
*Sanga, a Roman cognomen
*Rana Sanga (c. 1482–1528), king from the Sisodia dynasty
*Kumar Sangakkara (born 1977), Sri Lankan cricketer
* Sanga (wrestler) (born 1984), ring name of professional wrestler Saurav Gurja ...
type, similar to Barotse and
Tuli. The coat colour may be solid red or black, red
pied or – less frequently – black pied. It is also present in
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...
. Animals of this breed are well adapted to hot, dry environments and have a high level of tick and heat tolerance.
References
Cattle breeds
Animal breeds originating in Botswana
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