The Guzerá or Guzerat is a Brazilian breed of

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. It derives from

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of Indian Kankrej cattle, imported to Brazil from 1870 onwards, with local

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cattle of European origin. The name is a Portuguese spelling of that of the western Indian state of

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. The

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for the breed was started in 1938; in it, a dual-purpose (meat and dairy) line is distinguished from the beef type, and a polled variant is also distinguished. In 2010 there were approximately head registered, constituting some 3.5% of the total number of indicine cattle in Brazil. The Guzerá was one of the principal breeds from which the American

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developed in the twentieth century.

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