Pantaneiro
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The Pantaneiro is a Brazilian breed of Criollo cattle from the Pantanal wetland region of Brazil, where it has been raised for more than four hundred years. In the twenty-first century it is considered to be at risk of extinction.
History
The Pantaneiro derives from Spanish cattle brought to the Americas by the conquistadores at the time of the colonisation of the Río de la Plata basin.[1]Template:R/superscript Cattle were first brought to the Mato Grosso in the 1540s; in 1568 a herd of more than seven hundred head was carried off by local indigenous people and taken to the extensive wetlands of the Pantanal, where they raised them for some two hundred years.[2]Template:R/superscript From the eighteenth century, when agreement was reached with the colonists, the stock was influenced by breeds of Portuguese origin such as the Curraleiro and Franqueiro.[2]Template:R/superscript[1]Template:R/superscript DNA studies have shown that there has been contamination of the breed through the use of bulls of zebuine breeds such as the Nelore, introduced to the Pantanal region during the twentieth century;[1]Template:R/superscript approximately one quarter of the genome is of Nelore origin, while the mitochondrial DNA was found to be entirely taurine.[2]Template:R/superscript[1]Template:R/superscript
The Pantaneiro was the principal breed of the Pantanal for several centuries. It is now considered to be at risk of extinction.[3]Template:R/superscript In 2003 a population of less than 1000 was reported.[4]Template:R/superscript
Characteristics
The Pantaneiro is a small breed; the coat is short, and brown or reddish-brown in colour, with a tendency to lighten on the back.[1]Template:R/superscript[5]Template:R/superscript It is well adapted to the extreme climatic conditions of the Pantanal region, which is characterised by high temperatures and periods both of flooding and high humidity, and of drought. The cattle are rustic and hardy, capable of surviving periods of food scarcity, and resistant to some diseases.[6]Template:R/superscript
References
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- ↑ a b c d e Érica Cunha Issa, Wilham Jorge, José Robson Bezerra Sereno (2005). Cytogenetic and molecular analysis of the Pantaneiro cattle breed. Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira 41 (11): 1609–1615. Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers".
- ↑ a b c Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. Template:Isbn.
- ↑ José Achilles Tenuta (2004). Pantanal: um pedaço do Brasil = Pantanal. A piece of Brazil (in Portuguese and English). Goiânia: R & F Editora. Template:Isbn.
- ↑ Breed data sheet: Pantaneiro/Brazil. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed May 2016.
- ↑ Virgilio Corrêa Filho (1926). A propósito do boi Pantaneiro (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Paulo Pongetti. Cited by: Maria Cristina Medeiros Mazza, José Benedito de Freitas Trovo, José Robson Bezerra Sereno, Roberto Aguilar Machado Santos Silva, Urbano Gomes Pinto de Abreu (1989). Desempenho de bovinos pantaneiros no núcleo de conservação da fazenda Nhumirim, Nhecolândia, Pantanal: avaliação preliminar (in Portuguese). Pesquisa em Andamento (11): 1–5. Corumbá: EMBRAPA-CPAP. Template:Catalog lookup linkScript error: No such module "check isxn".. Page 3.
- ↑ Maria Cristina Medeiros Mazza, José Benedito de Freitas Trovo, José Robson Bezerra Sereno, Roberto Aguilar Machado Santos Silva, Urbano Gomes Pinto de Abreu (1989). Desempenho de bovinos pantaneiros no núcleo de conservação da fazenda Nhumirim, Nhecolândia, Pantanal: avaliação preliminar (in Portuguese). Pesquisa em Andamento (11): 1–5. Corumbá: EMBRAPA-CPAP. Template:Catalog lookup linkScript error: No such module "check isxn"..
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