Salvadoran Criollo
(local/other name in English)

(most common name):
• Criolla
(transboundary/brand name):
• Argentine Criollo
local/other name (English):
• El Salvador Criollo

Information on whether any purebred Criollo cattle survive in El Salvador today is dificult to find if that information even extsts.

However, a 1985 report (Reaves et al., 1985) stated:
• local Criollo cows yielded 2,083 kg of milk with a first calving at 32.4 months
• mestiza cows (indigenous cattle of mixed and nondescript origin) yielded 2,429 kg of milk with a first calving at 33.5 months
• Guernsey cows yielded 2,737 kg of milk with a first calving at 37.6 months

(Spanish) mestiza = mixed

This page was last updated on: 2023-05-20

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