Country
Specie
ISO3
PRY
Description
The Santa Gertrudis has characteristics that distinguish it as a breed that meets the needs of breeders and greenhouses, providing them with rusticity and maximum meat production.
Transboundary name
Santa Gertrudis
Breed classification (adaptedness)
Exotic
Breed classification (geographic)
International
Additional information
The Santa Gertrudis breed produces meat of excellent quality with an acceptable amount of fat, with a higher yield in the hind quarter
Color comments
The coat is red, covered cherry
Number of horns males
2
Number of horns females
2
Horn shape size and comments
Cushioned or with horns. The horns will close up and back
Wither height males
1.43
Wither height females
1.38
Weight males
700.00
Weight females
450.00
Other specific visible traits
Loose, red pigmented fur with skin folds (dewlap, wide navel) and pink mucous membranes. The bulls have a slight hump on the cross. His colour is an attractive covered cherry red hair and his short hair and soft.
Herdbook
y
Herdbook established
Asociación Paraguaya de Criadores de Santa Gertrudis
Location within country
Western and Eastern Region
Local cryo conservation status
No Material
Local Risk
At Risk
Detailed local risk status
Critical
International Transboundary Risk detailed
Not at Risk
