Tabapuan is a Brazilian race of polled beef cattle. It is mainly a zebu race, but has some blood of Mocho Nacional another Brazilian cattle race. This cattle race is fast in growing, but even with its qualities, hasn't great numbers of breeders in Brazil. The main beef cattle race for Brazil is the Nelore. The name came from a Brazilian city called Tabapuã, where many bulls of this race were created, decades ago. Less than 5% of Brazilian beef cattle is Tabapuan.
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