Gyr

gyr English thumb|A Gyr (bos taurus indicus) tethered to a post by a rope. thumb|A human caressing an untethered Gyr bull (bos taurus indicus). Etymology 1 Abbreviated form of gigayear (giga- + year). Noun ? en Q524410 en gigayear<id:Q524410><gloss:a billion years>. en Gy<id:Q524410> en Ga<id:Q524410><gloss:giga-annum> en kyr<id:Q3013059> kiloyear<id:Q3013059> ; Myr<id:Q20764> megayear<id:Q20764> Etymology 2 Derived from Gir, which in turn is from Gir National Park. In Gir forest, the specific etymology of "Gyr" is shown. Noun A well-known Indian breed of zebuine cattle with a prominent hump on the withers, fatty A2 milk, and a medium-sized dewlap hanging from their throat. en 1961 University of Florida International Brahman Review, Volume 27 8 Gyr Brahman is predominantly red in color, most of their offspring are also some shade of red. The original importation of Gyr bulls in 1905 , and a second series of importations in 1924-25 caused an occasional out-cropping of Red Bramans. https://www.google.com/books/edition/International_Brahman_Review/w3Dr_DF7zOAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=brahman+gyr&dq=brahman+gyr&printsec=frontcover en 2018 Claus D Buergelt, ‎Edward G Clark, and ‎Fabio Del Piero Bovine Pathology: A Text and Color Atlas 377 Otitis caused by nematodes of the genus Rhabditis mainly affects mature Zebu cattle with long, pendant, and gutter-shaped ears, in particular breeds with downward-growing horns, such as of the Gyr breed.https://www.google.com/books/edition/Bovine_Pathology/EQFbDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Gyr+cattle&pg=PA377&printsec=frontcover en 2025 Sukanta Mondal Genetic and Reproductive Approaches for Sustainable Livestock Production 108 Around the beginning of the 20th century, breeding of imported B. indicus Gyr cattle with Holsteins started in the 1940s (Joshi and Phillips, 1953), hoping to create an F1 phenotype that would perform well in terms of productivity while also having improved heat tolerance. This is because animals in Brazil tropical climate were unable to develop their genetic potential because of their susceptibility to heat stresses and illnesses.https://www.google.com/books/edition/Genetic_and_Reproductive_Approaches_for/foAmEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Gyr+cattle&pg=PA108&printsec=frontcover Related terms en Gya<id:Q896543>,gya<id:Q896543><gloss:gigayears ago> See also Gyr cattle References Anagrams en gry RGY gry en 1-syllable words en Cattle Dairy farming Bovines