:Guzerá

{{short description|Brazilian breed of indicine cattle}}

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{{Use British English|date=August 2017}}

{{Infobox cattle breed

| name = Guzerá

| image = Guzerá macho - EMAPA 100307 REFON 1.jpg

| image_alt = a humped grey bull with dark head and foreparts, dark legs, and dark rump and tail

| image_caption = Bull in Avaré

| status = {{nobreak|FAO (2007): not at risk{{r|barb|page=144}}}}

| altname = {{ubl|Azulego|Kankrej|Guzerat}}

| country = Brazil

| distribution = {{ubl|Northeast Region|State of Goiás|State of Minas Gerais|State of Rio de Janeiro|State of São Paulo}}

| standard =

| use = {{ubl|meat|dual-purpose line}}

| maleweight = 900 kg{{r|dad}}

| femaleweight = 600 kg{{r|dad}}

| maleheight =

| femaleheight =

| skin_colour =

| coat = usually grey or white{{r|cabi|page=193}}

| horn = {{ubl|horned in both sexes|polled variant}}

| subspecies = hybrid

| note =

}}

The Guzerá or Guzerat is a Brazilian breed of domestic cattle. It derives from cross-breeding of Indian Kankrej cattle, imported to Brazil from 1870 onwards, with local taurine Crioulo cattle of European origin.{{r|cabi|page=193}} The name is a Portuguese spelling of that of the western Indian state of Gujarat.{{r|cabi|page=193}}

The herd-book for the breed was started in 1938; in it, a dual-purpose (meat and dairy) line is distinguished from the beef type, and a polled variant is also distinguished. In 2010 there were approximately {{nobreak|92 000}} head registered, constituting some 3.5% of the total number of indicine cattle in Brazil.{{r|cabi|page=193}}

The Guzerá was one of the principal breeds from which the American Brahman developed in the twentieth century.{{r|cabi|page=137}}