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Expozebu

The great zebu fair of Uberaba in Minas Gerais, held since 1935: Brazil's showcase of the humped cattle that fill its pastures.

Visão parcial de Uberaba, MG.
Photo: Pedroepaulo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cattle at Expozebu

Uberaba, in the Triângulo Mineiro, is the capital of Brazilian zebu breeding, and its fair, Expozebu, has been held there since 1935 at the end of April and start of May. Zebu cattle came to Brazil from India in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and are now the basis of the country's huge beef herd. The fair brings judging of the main zebu breeds, auctions of breeding bulls and embryos that run late into the night, and an exhibition of research on tropical cattle. Ranchers from across Brazil and from Latin America and Africa attend, and the town's streets fill with music.

The breeds

NeloreThe white Ongole-descended breed that makes up most of Brazil's herd.GirThe Indian dairy zebu, bred in Brazil since the 1910s.GuzeráThe Brazilian line of the Kankrej, a dual-purpose zebu. Indu-BrasilA zebu breed developed in the Uberaba region itself.

Also part of it, and being written: Tabapuã (A naturally polled zebu developed in São Paulo.).

About this page

Written by the EveryCow desk with AI assistance. Background: "Uberaba" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

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

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