Mashona
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Els, Heleen C.
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COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Central and eastern Zimbabwe.
SIZE: Small.
COLOUR: Mostly black or red, other variations.
PURPOSE: Beef.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Former Makalanga breed of the Shona people of eastern Zimbabwe was decimated in late 19th century by cattle plague and early 20th century by East Coast fever epidemic, and mainly Angoni cows were imported and crossed with them resulting in a sanga-zebu cattle, which can be classified as a shorthorned sanga and is now know as the Mashona cattle.
SIZE: Small.
COLOUR: Mostly black or red, other variations.
PURPOSE: Beef.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Former Makalanga breed of the Shona people of eastern Zimbabwe was decimated in late 19th century by cattle plague and early 20th century by East Coast fever epidemic, and mainly Angoni cows were imported and crossed with them resulting in a sanga-zebu cattle, which can be classified as a shorthorned sanga and is now know as the Mashona cattle.
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Photo 1: Original scanned document size: (w)85.09 x (h)54.75 cm. Final web-ready size: (w)7.62 x(h)4.9 cm, 50.98 kb, 150 ppi. Estimated download time: 19 sec. @ 28.8 kbps. Photo 2: Original scanned document size: (w)87.07 x (h)57.15 cm. Final web-ready size: (w)7.62 x(h)5.00 cm, 44.54 kb, 150 ppi. Estimated download time: 17 sec. @ 28.8 kbps.
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Cattle breeds
Sustainable Development Goals
Citation
Felius, M 1995, ‘Cattle breeds: an encyclopedia’, Misset, Doetinchem, pp.618-619.