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of 1899–1902, during which Boer livestock was often systematically slaughtered by
British troops, few Boer cattle remained. Among those surviving was a herd bred by one Cornelis Uys in the latter nineteenth century from
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escarpment, which gave rise to its modern name. It was established as a breed with the formation of the
Drakensberger Cattle Breeders' Society in 1947.
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were sent to
Australia in 2006, and a small population was established there. In that year new registrations in South Africa were approximately
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161:. It is a dual-purpose breed, reared both for milk and for meat. Its origins go back to the early nineteenth century, to the time of the
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per year, more or less equally divided between male and female stock. In 2008 the total registered South
African population numbered
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peoples. It is one of several successful
African composite breeds of Sanga and European stock. In the early days it was
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of the breed world-wide is 'not at risk'; for South Africa it was listed in 2023 as 'at risk/vulnerable'.
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peoples. These cross-breeds developed into a type or breed known as the
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head in 73 herds, of which all but two were performance-recorded; in 2022 a breeding stock of
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Vaderlander stock, and known as Uysbees or Uys cattle. In the early twentieth century two
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323:(European cattle) type. It is of medium to large size, with body weights in the range
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biome of South Africa, and for black colour; it was kept principally along the
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for cows; weights in Eswatini are considerably lower, averaging
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Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding
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or earlier, when imported European stock from Holland was
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418:Transboundary breed: Cattle: Drakensberger
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181:for adaptation to the
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309:conservation status
153:is a South African
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187:Drakensberg
563:Categories
351:References
262:Humansdorp
243:cross-bred
231:Afrikander
224:After the
203:cross-bred
199:Great Trek
167:cross-bred
163:Great Trek
303:cows and
215:selection
274:Eswatini
270:Botswana
247:Freisian
219:sourveld
211:Khoikhoi
183:sourveld
179:selected
175:Khoikhoi
98:Female:
321:taurine
286:embryos
284:. Some
282:Namibia
278:Lesotho
266:Messina
193:History
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159:cattle
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118:124 cm
112:Height
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83:Weight
78:Traits
44:DAD-IS
239:Nguni
207:Sanga
171:Sanga
155:breed
528:ISBN
492:ISBN
462:ISBN
378:ISBN
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301:8930
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