Place · cattle-breeding city · Brazil
Uberaba, Brazil
Also known as Uberaba, Nelore cattle city
The city of Uberaba in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, 500 kilometres from São Paulo — the global capital of the Nelore cattle breed, which was developed from Ongole cattle imported from the Guntur-Prakasam coast of Andhra Pradesh in the late 19-century and early 20-century. The 1868 Brazilian import of 'Ongole' bulls (renamed 'Nelore' after the Nellore port region) by José Gomes Coelho and the subsequent 1930s-1960s breeding programmes at Uberaba produced the modern Nelore breed, which now dominates the Brazilian beef cattle industry (over 80% of Brazil's 230 million head). The ExpoZebu annual fair at Uberaba (since 1934) is the world's largest zebu cattle fair. Uberaba and Ongole formalised a sister-city partnership for cooperation in cattle breeding, genetics, livestock science, dairy technology and agricultural research.
- Function
- Trade & production
- Patron dynasty
- Imperial Brazil · Brazilian Republic
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- -19.748, -47.932
Connections (1)
- Trade routeOngole
Ongole and Uberaba share a globally unique cattle-breeding heritage through the Ongole bull, a large white draft breed exported from the Prakasam-Guntur coast of Andhra Pradesh to Brazil beginning with the 1868 import of 'Ongole' bulls by José Gomes Coelho. The Brazilian breeders renamed the breed 'Nelore' after the nearby Nellore port region and, through 1930s-1960s breeding programmes centred at Uberaba in Minas Gerais, developed the modern Nelore breed that now dominates the Brazilian beef cattle industry (over 80% of Brazil's 230 million head). The 1934 ExpoZebu annual fair at Uberaba became the world's largest zebu cattle event. Ongole and Uberaba have formalised a sister-city partnership to promote cooperation in cattle breeding, genetics, livestock science, dairy technology and agricultural research.
Sources
Brazilian cattle breed registry; Ongole-Uberaba sister city agreement.
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