Girolando

The Girolando is a breed of dairy cattle created in Brazil by crossing Gyr cattle from India, a Bos indicus(Indian humped cattle)breed which is resistant to hot temperatures and tropical diseases, with Holstein cows, a Bos taurus breed. Coat colors vary from black to black-and-white Approximately 80% of the milk production in Brazil is produced from Girolando cows. A Girolando is 3/8 Gir and 5/8 Holstein.

"A team of animal scientists from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is set to deliver a potential game changer for subsistence farmers in Tanzania: cows that produce up to 20 times the milk of indigenous breeds." The team plans to "implant 100 half-blood Holstein-Gyr or Jersey-Gyr embryos into indigenous cattle" to take to Tanzania.