Tswana is an indigenous
beef cattle
Beef cattle are cattle raised for meat production (as distinguished from dairy cattle, used for milk production). The meat of mature or almost mature cattle is mostly known as beef.
In beef production there are three main stages: cow-calf opera ...
breed of
Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalaha ...
. It is a
Sanga type, similar to Barotse and
Tuli. Its colour is plain black or multi coloured: usually red pied, and rarely black pied. The breed can also be found in
South Africa
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. Animals of this breed are well adapted to hot, dry environments and have a high level of tick and heat tolerance.
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Animal breeds originating in Botswana
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