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Bonsmara
Bos taurus
A breed of Cattle, from South Africa
Cattle breed.
- Family
- Bovidae
Keeping
How it is kept
For Cattle generally
No keeping details are recorded for this breed yet, so these are the species’.
Kept for
- Meat
- Dairy
- Draught work
- Mature weight
- 400–1100 kg
- Lifespan
- 15–20 years
- Gestation
- 283 days
- Temperament
- Generally calm herd animals; bulls can be dangerous
- Forage
- Grazing ruminants that need plenty of good grass or hay, clean water and a mineral supplement. High-yielding dairy cows need extra feed on top.
- Housing
- Strong, stock-proof fencing and shelter from wind and wet, with dry lying areas or winter housing. A safe handling area makes routine care far easier.
- Good to know
- Cattle are herd animals and should not be kept alone. A cow needs to calve about once a year to keep giving milk, and a milking cow must be milked every day. Never treat a bull as a pet, because even quiet bulls can be dangerous.
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- Name
- Bonsmara
- Slug
- bonsmara
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Family
- Bovidae
- Genus
- Bos
- Species
- taurus
- Cultivar
- Bonsmara
- Wikidata QID
- Q2910363
- Origin country
- South Africa
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 52