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🇪🇹 The cattle breeds of Ethiopia

10 breeds from Ethiopia, best known first, across 10 towns, fairs and pastures.

Cattle town Fair or market Pasture Ranch country Sanctuary or reserve City

Cattle towns and fairs of Ethiopia

Abergele lowlands 1 Danakil Depression 1 Dogu'a Tembien 1 Fogera Plain 1 Gambella Regional State 1 Horo Guduru Welega Zone 1 Tigray Region 1 Woreta 1 Borana and the singing wells southern Ethiopia

🇪🇹 Ethiopia and 1 moreAbigar A hardy sanga breed of western Ethiopia and Sudan, kept for milk and beefSanga · Dairy · Heat-tolerant 🇪🇹 EthiopiaAfar A long-horned, humped Ethiopian breed kept mainly for milkTaurine · Dairy 🇪🇹 EthiopiaRaya A red and black Sanga ox breed from Tigray, with heavy horns in the malesSanga · Draught · Long-horned

🇲🇱 Mali and 5 moreRed Bororo A red-brown Sanga cattle of the Sahel, with long lyre-shaped hornsSanga · Dairy · Heat-tolerant 🇪🇹 EthiopiaBegayt A black and white stained Zebu-Sanga breed from Western TigrayZebu · Draught

🇪🇹 EthiopiaArado A small red and black zebu from the north Ethiopian highlands, kept first for ploughingZebu · Draught · Thrifty foragers

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Abigar: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Red Bororo: Dorothy Habila, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Arado: Jnyssen (Jan Nyssen), CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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