The Australian Lowline was the unexpected result of a scientific experiment.
[4] They do less damage to pasture land, do not need such high or strong fencing,[5] and do not produce as much methane.
[3] An American breeder, Richard Gradwohl, has developed eighteen different strains of miniature cattle.
[2]: 245 [3] In the United States, small zebuine cattle deriving from stock imported from Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Sweden may be registered as "Miniature Zebu";[2]: 245 in Australia, similar cattle may be known as "Nadudana".
[2]: 212 The Ethiopian Goffa and Guraghe breeds in the Abyssinian Shorthorned Zebu group are also small.