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zebu (zē`by  ), domestic animal of the cattle cattle, name for the ruminant mammals of the genus Bos, and particularly those of the domesticated species, Bos taurus and B. indica. The term oxen, broadly used, refers also to closely related animals, such as the buffalo and the bison ...... Click the link for more information. family, Bos indicus, found in parts of E Asia, India, and Africa. The zebu characteristically has a large fatty hump (sometimes two humps) over the withers. It is usually fawn, gray, black, or bay. An inferior source of milk and meat, it has great endurance and comparatively long legs and has been used in India as a riding and draft animal. Zebus were first introduced into the United States, where they are called Brahman cattle Brahman cattle, breed of beef cattle developed in the S United States in the early 1900s by combining several breeds or strains of zebu cattle of India. Brahman cattle have a very distinctive appearance with a hump over the shoulders, loose skin under the throat, and ..... Click the link for more information. , in the 19th cent. They are used in Central and South America and are well established in the Gulf states, where they are interbred with domestic cattle to produce an animal that has greater resistance to heat and to ticks than the ordinary domestic cattle and better flesh than the zebu. Zebus are classified in the phylum Chordata Chordata (kôrdā`tə,–dä`–) ..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Artiodactyla, family Bovidae. |
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The first case of spongiform encephalopathy in a zebu (Bos indicus) was identified in a zoo in Switzerland. Such figurines, reproductions of which have not hitherto been published, vividly reflect the world view of the Mugar Gadam nuns, and fall into three main categories: 1) representations of nuns and monks holding a Bible or other book; 2) women engaged in household tasks or nursing babies; 3) realistic white zebu cattle, complete with hump and horns. The Angus, the Ankole Watusi, the Belgian Blue, the British White, theCash, the Devon, the Normande, the Norwegian Red, the Red Angus, the Red Brangus, the Scotch Highlander, the Texas Longhorn, the White Parkand the Zebu, (to name but a few) were all bred from Aurochs by people who never read Mendel. |
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