Cattle : Mashona

Country of Origin

Zimbabwe, Africa

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Australian Status

 

International status

Healthy numbers in Africa of half a million. 

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Uses

Beef

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Breed Traits

• Famous for a quiet nature.
• Tick resistance. 
• Hot climate cattle.
• Most black, some red, some dun.
• Used for draught too in Africa. 
• Sanga breed.

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History

Over 1,000 years of history.This Sanga breed is mostly Bos taurus, being tested and found 8 to 12% Bos Indicus and the rest Bos Taurus.* This gives a higher fertility return. 

History in Australia

Brought in by ET on Cocos Island quarantine facility in 1988, at same time as the Boran and Tuli breeds.  In 2022 embryos arrived.

Breed Organisation

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None in Australia

Facebook page for Mashona Australia

In their home country:   Mashona Cattle Society of Zimbabwe

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Additional Notes

Mashona straws available. Contact rarebreedstrustau@gmail.com

* Gulf Coast Cattleman (Florida based) website has the genetics figure.

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Australian Population

2022:  50 embryos brought in. Calves successfully born Spring 2022.

Photo Credit

Mashona bull at Pharo Ranch, in Cattle, on Pinterest.

Page by Janet Lane

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