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Creole from the Santa Elena peninsula, Ecuadorian Creole, Esmeraldeño, Galapagueño,
jaspeado Manabita, Macabea, Moro and Zarumeño. These animals are triple-purpose (milk,
meat and work), recognized for their meekness, resistance and rusticity, excellent fertility, ease
in calving, greater survival of the offspring and greater longevity, adapted to poor conditions of
feeding, environment and management, and even so they present acceptable reproductive and
productive indices, characteristics that should be conserved and used in a sustainable and
sustainable way. Therefore, the following objectives were proposed: Identify the areas in the El
Carmen canton where Creole cattle are found, determine the population of Creole cattle and
characterize them phenotypically. From the records, the land use of the municipal GAD (2014),
the information of the cultivated pasture area was obtained, with which the map was made, to
identify the livestock areas, surveys were applied to the livestock farmers of said areas, The
data were organized and tabulated in the Excel sheet, for phenotypic characterization,
descriptive statistics were carried out. The livestock areas with the existence of Creole cattle
are: San Pedro de Suma, Santa María, La Bramadora and Paraíso La Catorce. 44 Creole cattle
were found, of which 5 are male and 39 are female. They have opistoceros horns, small ears
with horizontal orientation, in terms of the coat the monocolor predominates, highlighting the
white color, both the pigmentation of the mucosa and the hooves are black, the hair is short and
smooth, the dewlap is discontinuous, They do not present an umbilical fold and have a large
tassel.
KEYWORDS: Creole cattle, phenotypic characteristics, livestock areas
RESUMO
O gado crioulo é descendente de animais trazidos na segunda viagem de Colombo ao Equador
pela primeira vez em 1532. Atualmente, existem 12 populações: gado selvagem do páramo,
chusco, crioulo da península de Santa Elena, crioulo equatoriano, Esmeraldeño, Galapagueño,