Santa Gertrudis Bulls
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Now in Fiji
FOUR Santa Gertrudis bulls, the first to be exported from Aus tralia, are now in Fiji, where the Agriculture Department plans to mate them with British breeds and crossbred animals.
When suitable males of seven eighths Santa Gertrudis blood are produced, they will be available to cattle-breeders.
The Texas Santa Gertrudis breed is a stabilised Zebu-Shorthorn cross which is recognised as a hardy breed and is particularly heat-tolerant. A quick grower, it should produce heavier and earlier maturing beef animals in Fiji.
The four bulls are the first progeny of a consignment sent to Australia from the King Ranch, Texas, in 1952.