Country
Specie
ISO3
COD
Breed classification (geographic)
Local
Adaptability to specific environment
The animals wade in pastures and graze on 'floating' grass.
Specific resistance or tolerance
This breed is reported not to be as trypanotolerant as N'Dama or Lagune.
Color comments
uni coloured: brown
Number of horns males
2
Number of horns females
2
Horn shape size and comments
short black horns pointing forward
Weight males
600.00
Weight females
400.00
Other specific visible traits
Sanga type, long ears
Domestication status
domestic
Taxonomic classification
Breed
Description of origin
resultant of crossings between Hereford, Devon, Africander, Friesian, Shorthorn and some Belgium breeds, developed in the colonial time on the Mateba island located on the Congo river, close to Boma in Low Congo
Year of origin
1889
Location within country
Mateba Island, in the mouth of River Zaire, Cataractes subregion of Bas-Zaire and Pinanga in Kasai Occidenta
Local cryo conservation status
No Material
Local Risk
Unknown
Detailed local risk status
Unknown
