Siboney de Cuba
Siboney de Cuba is a Cuban dairy cattle breed developed from Holstein Friesian and zebu ancestry, commonly described as five-eighths Holstein and three-eighths zebu. The goal was to combine stronger milk production with better adaptation to tropical heat, parasites, and forage conditions than imported temperate dairy cattle could usually manage alone. It became one of Cuba's important dairy types, especially where pure Holstein performance was limited by climate.
Management of Siboney cattle centers on tropical dairy practicality: shade, water, udder health, calf rearing, and enough nutrition to support lactation without assuming cool-climate feed conditions. Breeders should evaluate cows under the system they will actually live in, not only under trial or high-input conditions. Records for calving interval, mastitis, milk yield, and survival are especially useful because the breed's value lies in the balance between production and adaptation.
Colors: Belted, Black, Black and White, Blaze Faced, Blue Roan, Brindle, Brockle Faced, Brown, Brown and White, Dun, Gray, Grey, Highbelt, Highpark, Lineback, Mottled, Pied, Red, Red and White, Red Roan, Riggit, Roan, Silver, Solid Black, Solid Red, Solid White, Speckled, Spotted, White, White Faced, Yellow
