Girolando

Breed of cattle

The Girolando is a breed of dairy cattle created in Brazil by crossing Gyr cattle from India, a Bos indicus(Indian humped cattle)breed which is resistant to hot temperatures and tropical diseases, with Holstein cows, a Bos taurus breed.^[1] Coat colors vary from black to black-and-white Approximately 80% of the milk production in Brazil is produced from Girolando cows. A Girolando is 3/8 Gir and 5/8 Holstein.^[2]

"A team of animal scientists from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is set to deliver a potential game changer for subsistence farmers in Tanzania: cows that produce up to 20 times the milk of indigenous breeds."^[3] The team plans to "implant 100 half-blood Holstein-Gyr or Jersey-Gyr embryos into indigenous cattle" to take to Tanzania.

References

^ "Research on determining breed history by genetic markers". Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
^ http://ainfo.cnptia.embrapa.br/digital/bitstream/item/65229/1/CT-67-Girolando-raca-trop.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "Climate-smart cows could deliver 10-20x more milk in Global South | College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences | UIUC".