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Els, Heleen C.

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COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: South Africa. Also Bapedi cattle. Eastern Transvaal, regarded as a local Nguni subtype of the Bapedi tribe.
SIZE: Medium/small.
COLOUR: Black, with white belly and lower neck.
PURPOSE: Beef/work.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The South African government has assembled a type herd on the Olifantsriver and cattle are selected on basis of colour. Fairly sized cattle for indigenous cattle (adult cows weigh 360 - 520 kg and bulls up to 680 kg).

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Cattle breeds

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Citation

Mason, IL & Maule, JP 1960,’ The indigenous livestock of Eastern and Southern Africa’, Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, Farnham Royal, pp.41.