N'Dama

Cattle

N'Dama are a breed of cattle from West Africa, of the Bos taurus-type. Other names for them include Boenca or Boyenca (Guinea-Bissau), Fouta Jallon, Fouta Longhorn, Fouta Malinke, Futa, Malinke, Mandingo (Liberia), N'Dama Petite (Senegal). Originating in the Guinea highlands they are also found in southern Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. They are trypanotolerant, allowing them to be kept in tsetse fly infested areas. They also show superior resistance to ticks and the diseases they carry and to Haemonchus contortus stomach worms. In the 19th century N'Dama cattle were imported to the Caribbean Island of St. Croix from Senegal, and later crossed with Redpolls to form the Senepol breed.

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