Tswana
Conservation status
Other names
  • Bechuana
  • Botswana
  • Sechuana
  • Setswana[3]
Country of originBotswana
DistributionBotswana, South Africa
Usebeef
Traits
Coatsolid red or black, red pied, black pied[3]       
Cattle in the Okavango Delta of Botswana

The Tswana is an indigenous breed or group of breeds of beef cattle of Botswana.[4][5][6] It is a Sanga type, similar to Barotse and Tuli. The coat colour may be solid red or black, red pied or – less frequently – black pied.[2][3] It is also present in South Africa.[7] Animals of this breed are well adapted to hot, dry environments and have a high level of tick and heat tolerance.

References

  1. ^ Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b Breed data sheet: Tswana / Botswana (Cattle). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Tswana. Domestic Animal Genetic Resources Information System. Nairobi, Kenya: International Livestock Research Institute. Accessed September 2023.
  4. ^ 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. ISBN 9781780647944.
  5. ^ Marleen Felius (1995). Cattle Breeds: An Encyclopedia. Doetinchem, Netherlands: Misset. ISBN 9789054390176.
  6. ^ Boweditswe S. Masilo, Othusitse R. Madibela (2003). Report on the State of the World Animal Genetic resources (AnGR): Botswana Country Report (2003). Gaborone, Botswana: Department of Agricultural Research. Annex to: Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 10 January 2017.
  7. ^ Transboundary breed: Tswana. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2023.



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