OriginThe Nelore is of the species Bos indicus (Zebu), and has
great dissimilarities to breeds of the Bos taurus (European)
species, like the Angus, Hereford, Charolais and others. Their
most distinctive characteristic is the presence of a prominent
“hump” behind their neck, but there are many other fundamental
differences between the Nelore and the European breeds. There
has never existed in India a breed called Nelore. This name
corresponds to a district of the old Presidency of Madrás, now
belonging to the new State of Andra, by the Bengal Sea. It was
in Brazil that some authors started to use the name Nellore as a
synonym to Ongole, the Indian breed that contributed most to the
creation of the Nelore. The history of the Ongole dates back
2,000 years before Christian times. It was the Aryan people that
brought the ancestors of the Nelore to India, where they were
submitted to extreme weather conditions. The arid lands of
Belushistan, the cold winters of Punjab, the alluvial lands of
Ganges and the torrid l