The Costeño con Cuernos are of the
Criollo type and were developed from Spanish cattle as a draft animal
and milk production. The breed is usually red or orange, sometimes
chestnut, with lyre shaped horns.
Cows weight approximately 500 kg at maturity
and bulls 700 to 750 kg.
The Romosinuano
breed of northern Columbia was developed from this breed.
Reference:
Genus Bos: Cattle Breeds of the World,
1985, MSO-AGVET (Merck & Co., Inc.), Rahway, N.J.
Mason, I.L. 1996. A World Dictionary of
Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties. Fourth Edition. C.A.B International.
273 pp.
Photographs:
R. E. McDowell, Professor Emeritus of International
Animal Science, Cornell University, and provided by Paul O. Brackelsberg,
Professor of Animal Science, Iowa State University
