Transcript Breed of Livestock Beef Cattle

Breed of Livestock
Beef Cattle
Mr. Ham
GHS
English Breeds
• Angus
• Hereford
• Short Horn
French Breeds
• Charolais
• Limousin
• Maine-Anjou
Continential Breeds
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Beefmaster
Brangus
Bradford
Santa Gerturdis
Angus
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Origin: Aberden and Angus, Scotland
Imported to US: 1873
Color: Black w/ smooth hair
Polled: Yes
Desirable Qualities:
– Small frame that produces a desirable carcass of
high quality, well-marbled meat.
• Marble= fat within the meat tissue that provides taste,
juiciness, and tenderness
– Know as an alert and vigorous breed.
Angus
Hereford
• Origin: England
• Color: Red body, White face and belly
– Face has curly hair
• Polled: No
• Desirable Qualities:
– Docile and easy handling
– Superior foraging ability, vigor and hardiness
– Produces more calves under adverse
conditions than other breeds
Hereford
Charolais
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Origin: France
Imported to US: 1936 to King Ranch in Texas
Color: White to light straw with pink skin
Polled: Yes
Desirable Qualities:
– Hard, heavy muscling, particulary in the round and
loin
– High feed efficiency
– Large frame animal
Charolais
Limousin
• Origin: West Central France about 7000
years ago.
• Imported to US:1968
• Color: light yellow hair with lighter circles
around the eyes and muzzle
• Polled: no
• Desirable Qualities: Short broad head with
small neck. Carcass leanness and large
loin
Limousin
Maine Anjou
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Origin: France in 1840
Imported to US: 1970
Color: Dark red and white and roan
Polled: no
Desirable Qualities: Work animal,
Excellent beef producers, Docile, easy to
handle, Fast growth weight, well marbled
Maine Anjou
Maine Anjou
Beefmaster
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Origin: Texas in 1931
Imported to US: 1931
Color: Reds and dun
Polled: Horned
Desirable Qualities: Cross between
Hereford, Shorthorn, Brahman. Good
disposition, fertility, gain, conformation,
hardiness, and milk production
Beef Master
Beef Master
Brahman
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Origin: India and British
Imported to US:
Color: Light gray or red to almost black
Polled: Horned
Desirable Qualities: Hardiness, climate, early
maturity, High heat tolerance, resistant to
disease and insects, good mothers, forage on
poor range, gain rapidly, quality carcass,
Unpredictable disposition.
Brahman
Brahman
Bradford
3/8 Brahman and 5/8 Hereford
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Origin:
Imported to US:
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Desirable Qualities: Vigor, size milking
ability, rumen capacity growth rate,
adaptability and roughages.
Bradford
Bradford
Brangus
3/8 Brahman and 5/8 Angus
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Origin: Jeanerette, Louisiana 1912
Imported to US:
Color: Black
Polled: Yes
Desirable Qualities: Adaptable, Good
mothers, feed efficiency, desirable carcass
Brangus
Brangus
Santa Gertrudis
3/8 Brahman and 5/8 Shorthorn
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Origin: Texas 1920
Imported to US:
Color: Cherry Red
Polled: Horned
Desirable Qualities: Efficient in feedlots,
desirable carcass, Resistant to disease
and insects
Santa Gertrudis
Santa Gertrudis
Simmental
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Origin: western Switzerland
Color: red and white animals
Polled: Horned
Desirable Qualities:
– rapid growth development;
– outstanding production of milk, butter, and
cheese;
– and for their use as draught animals."
Simmental
Simmental
Saler
Galloway
Belted Galloway
Chianina
Devon
Murray Grey
Texas Longhorn
Beefalo
Ankole-Watusi
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