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..20 cidades, os quais detêm 50% do efetivo bovino brasileiro

English translation: half of all the cows in Brazil

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Portuguese term or phrase:..20 cidades, os quais detêm 50% do efetivo bovino brasileiro
English translation:half of all the cows in Brazil

06:35 Jul 30, 2016
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Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Livestock / Animal Husbandry
Portuguese term or phrase: ..20 cidades, os quais detêm 50% do efetivo bovino brasileiro
"efetivo bovino brasileiro"


I thought "effective cattle population" would do in this case, though I am unsure of what "efetivo" really means in this context! Is it referring to "effective population size" maybe?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_population_size
Marcus Mazzocchi
Australia
Local time: 11:36
half of all the cows in Brazil
Explanation:
keep it simple, a coo is a coo :-)
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Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 02:36
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3half of all the cows in Brazil
Douglas Bissell
5Half of the Braziilan cattle
Nick Taylor
3 +1Brazilian bovine stock
Ana Vozone
420 cities which hold 50% of the actual Brazilian cattle population
airmailrpl


Discussion entries: 3





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
efetivo bovino brasileiro
Brazilian bovine stock


Explanation:
... 20 towns/cities, which hold around 50% of the Brazilian bovine stock

Another example:
and tenants and those undertaken by cattle farmers during the 1865–67 outbreak of rinderpest in Britain, which claimed 6 per cent of the national bovine stock.

Example sentence(s):
  • here is a positive relationship between in-milk bovine stock and operational holding; larger sized holdings could maintain larger bovine stock.
  • To the above mentioned factors, it should be added that the national bovine stock (9,583,000) is almost exclusively Bos taurus since the breeding of Bos indicus ...

    Reference: http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/economia/noticia/2015-10/...
Ana Vozone
Local time: 02:36
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Ana, I like 'bovine stock'


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Andrew Bramhall: agree with ' bovine stock' as an option, but ' holds' is the wrong word in terms of livestock; if we were talking coal, diamonds or gold stocks, then fair enough.
48 mins
  -> OK, Oliver... if you agree with "bovine stock", why "neutralize" my suggestion... ;)
agree  Erzsébet Czopyk: I vote for bovine stock
1 hr
  -> Obrigada!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
half of all the cows in Brazil


Explanation:
keep it simple, a coo is a coo :-)

Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 02:36
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andrew Bramhall: Yep, 20 towns are responsible for half of all Brazil's cows
37 mins
  -> thanks Oliver
agree  Mario Freitas: What about the bulls and the oxen? Just kidding. Of course. I have it. But the Sex Pistols were never any good in agribusiness.
8 hrs
  -> Ever hear of the record 'never mind the bollocks'? :-)
agree  Nick Taylor: Which half? Front or back? Never mind the Bullsh*t!
3 days 3 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
20 cities which hold 50% of the actual Brazilian cattle population


Explanation:
..20 cidades, os quais detêm 50% do efetivo bovino brasileiro => 20 cities which hold 50% of the actual Brazilian cattle population

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Note added at 4 hrs (2016-07-30 11:17:45 GMT)
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alternative:
20 cities which hold 50% of the actual Brazilian bovine population

Low levels of taurine introgression in the current Brazilian Nelore and ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › NCBI › Literature › PubMed Central (PMC)
by AMP O’Brien - ‎2015 - ‎Cited by 4 - ‎Related articles
Apr 17, 2015 - Brazil has the second largest bovine population in the world [1] with .... higher levels of African taurine ancestry than those in the full dataset, ...

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 22:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 40

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Douglas Bissell: actual or current?
5 hrs
  -> what ever floats your boat
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Half of the Braziilan cattle


Explanation:
Half of all the Braziilan cattle

Nick Taylor
Local time: 02:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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