Country
Specie
ISO3
TZA
Description
Some literature indicate that Ankole cattle is a strain of Sanga Breed of which Tusi people kept on selecting within Sanga breed and came up with Ankole cattle. Some people refer/name this Cattle Breed as Tusi Cattle
Transboundary name
Ankole
Breed classification (geographic)
International
Additional information
Currently the breed is becoming popular in the country
Color comments
Brown/fawn, red/red-brown, black in combination of these colour and white.
Number of horns males
2
Number of horns females
2
Horn shape size and comments
long and massive horns
Weight males
900.00
Weight females
502.50
Other specific visible traits
Long and big size horns
Herdbook
n
Domestication status
domestic
Taxonomic classification
Breed
Description of origin
They came from Tusi people of Rwanda to the Western and South of Uganda, then pastoralist in the course of serch for green pasture and water they shifted to weestern Tanzania.
Year of origin
0
Location within country
Along regions of western Tanzania
Local cryo conservation status
No Material
Local Risk
Not at Risk
Detailed local risk status
Not at Risk
International Transboundary Risk detailed
Not at Risk
