Vechur Cattle

The Vechur is a zebu cattle breed named for the village of Vechoor in Kerala, India, and recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the smallest cattle breed in the world, standing about 87 centimeters tall and weighing around 130 kilograms. It produces up to 3 liters of milk a day, valued for its high yield relative to the small amount of feed the animal requires, and its milk has been reported to carry higher levels of A2 beta-casein along with enhanced antimicrobial properties. The breed was common through the 1960s but nearly disappeared as crossbreeding with larger exotic cattle spread, until conservation efforts begun by Sosamma Iype in 1989 saved it; roughly 200 animals existed at the time the source was written, close to half of them at the Veterinary College herd. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/