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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. Beefmaster Brangus Bradford Santa Gerturdis. Angus. Origin: Aberden and Angus, Scotland Imported to US: 1873

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Breed of Livestock Beef Cattle

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  1. Breed of LivestockBeef Cattle Mr. Ham GHS

  2. English Breeds • Angus • Hereford • Short Horn

  3. French Breeds • Charolais • Limousin • Maine-Anjou

  4. Continential Breeds • Beefmaster • Brangus • Bradford • Santa Gerturdis

  5. Angus • 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.

  6. Angus

  7. 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

  8. Hereford

  9. Charolais • 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

  10. Charolais

  11. 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

  12. Limousin

  13. Maine Anjou • 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

  14. Maine Anjou

  15. Maine Anjou

  16. Beefmaster • 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

  17. Beef Master

  18. Beef Master

  19. Brahman • 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.

  20. Brahman

  21. Brahman

  22. Bradford3/8 Brahman and 5/8 Hereford • Origin: • Imported to US: • Color: • Polled: • Desirable Qualities: Vigor, size milking ability, rumen capacity growth rate, adaptability and roughages.

  23. Bradford

  24. Bradford

  25. Brangus3/8 Brahman and 5/8 Angus • Origin: Jeanerette, Louisiana 1912 • Imported to US: • Color: Black • Polled: Yes • Desirable Qualities: Adaptable, Good mothers, feed efficiency, desirable carcass

  26. Brangus

  27. Brangus

  28. Santa Gertrudis3/8 Brahman and 5/8 Shorthorn • Origin: Texas 1920 • Imported to US: • Color: Cherry Red • Polled: Horned • Desirable Qualities: Efficient in feedlots, desirable carcass, Resistant to disease and insects

  29. Santa Gertrudis

  30. Santa Gertrudis

  31. Simmental • 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."

  32. Simmental

  33. Simmental

  34. Saler

  35. Galloway

  36. Belted Galloway

  37. Chianina

  38. Devon

  39. Murray Grey

  40. Texas Longhorn

  41. Beefalo

  42. Ankole-Watusi

  43. http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/cattle/

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