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Romosinuano
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Romosinuano is a polled, solid red criollo beef breed from the Sinú River valley of northern Colombia, developed from early Spanish colonial cattle under tropical lowland selection. Animals are heat tolerant, fertile, and naturally hornless; beef is lean to moderately marbled with a fine grain and clean flavour when grass-finished in hot, humid environments. The breed is valued across Latin America and in subtropical research herds for maternal traits, hybrid vigour in crosses, and purebred tropical beef production without zebu humps. Romosinuano genetics appear in US and international tropical composite programmes.
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History
Spanish colonial cattle established criollo populations along Colombia’s Caribbean coast and Sinú valley.
Local selection in the Sinú region fixed a polled red type adapted to humid tropical grazing.
Colombian research stations began formal study and conservation of Romosinuano cattle.
Breed characterisation distinguished Romosinuano from other Latin American criollo types.
Importations to the United States supported tropical beef research and purebred seedstock herds.
International interest grew in Romosinuano as polled, heat-adapted Bos taurus genetics for subtropical systems.