Sokoto Gudali

Cattle

Gudali is a Hausa word for "short-horned and short-legged animals". They are also referred to as Fulbe or Peuhl zebu in West and Central Africa. Gudali, classified in the Sahelian Zebu breeds, is believed to have descended from the Indo-Pakistani Zebu, which entered the Horn of Africa by way of the Persian Gulf and south Arabia. Arabian invaders spread the zebu to the south and west over the continent from 669 BC (DAGRIS 2005). It is among the short-horned zebu of West and Central Africa. There are about 5 strains of Gudali namely Sokoto Gudali, Adamawa Gudali, Banyo Gudali, Yola Gudali and Ngaundere Gudali. ref:agtr.ilri.org