Girolando

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The Girolando is a breed of dairy cattle created in Brazil by crossing Gyr cattle from India, a Bos indicus (Indian humped cattle) breed which is resistant to hot temperatures and tropical diseases, with Holstein cows, a Bos taurus breed.{{Cite web |url=http://www.funpecrp.com.br/GMR/year2006/vol3-5/gmr0250_full_text.htm |title=Research on determining breed history by genetic markers |access-date=2008-04-06 |archive-date=2012-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207030423/http://www.funpecrp.com.br/GMR/year2006/vol3-5/gmr0250_full_text.htm |url-status=dead }} Coat colors vary from black to black-and-white

Approximately 80% of the milk production in Brazil is produced from Girolando cows. A Girolando is 3/8 Gir and 5/8 Holstein.http://ainfo.cnptia.embrapa.br/digital/bitstream/item/65229/1/CT-67-Girolando-raca-trop.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

"A team of animal scientists from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is set to deliver a potential game changer for subsistence farmers in Tanzania: cows that produce up to 20 times the milk of indigenous breeds."{{cite web | url=https://aces.illinois.edu/news/climate-smart-cows-could-deliver-10-20x-more-milk-global-south | title=Climate-smart cows could deliver 10-20x more milk in Global South | College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences | UIUC }} The team plans to "implant 100 half-blood Holstein-Gyr or Jersey-Gyr embryos into indigenous cattle" to take to Tanzania.