Crioulo Lageano longhorn beef cattle (or "raça Crioula Lageana") originated from cattle originally brought to Brazil from Portugal by the Jesuits (Jesuit Reductions) 400 years ago. The breed was probably domesticated 4000 BC in Egypt, it came to the south of Spain from the North of Africa. The center of the rest population (just 700 individuals) is the plateau of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil.http://www.correiolageano.com.br/htmNoticia.php?id=14181&c=4 Preservação da raça Crioula Lageana
It is similar to the Franqueira breed (just 500 individuals, eight to ten farmers in Rio Grande do Sul), with the same origin, which coming from Franca, São Paulo, spread through the Brazilian territory.http://revistagloborural.globo.com/GloboRural/0,6993,EEC1686282-1641,00.html O resgate do boi franqueiro
Naturalized Brazilian cattle breeds
Most of the naturalized Brazilian cattle breeds came from three centers; São Vicente, Salvador and Recife and they were originally Portuguese breeds: the Alentejana or Transtagana, the Barrosã, the Mirandesa, the Minhota and the Arouquesa.
Naturalized Brazilian cattle breeds Est. population size Original location Crioulo Lageano 100–1,000 Santa Catarina Franqueiro 500 Rio Grande do Sul Curraleiro 500–1,000 Piauí Mocho Nacional(National Polled) 400 São Paulo and Goiás Pantaneiro 8,300 Mato Grosso do Sul Caracu 30,000 São Paulo Junqueira(a Caracu longhorn breed) - Minas Gerais
See also Bos aegyptiacus
References
External links Associação Brasileira de Criadores de Bovinos da Raça Crioula Lageana Raça Crioula Lageana Caracterização genética da raça bovina Crioulo Lageano por marcadores moleculares RAPD Crioulo Lageano, enfim registrado Associação pode livrar raça bovina secular do perigo da extinção Associação Brasileira dos Criadores de Caracu
Associação Brasileira de Criadores de Gado Pé-Duro - Curraleiro