BREEDS OF CATTLE

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BREEDS OF CATTLE
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WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF BREED?
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BREED

• Animals that, through selection and breeding,
  have come to resemble one another and pass those
  traits uniformly to their offspring.

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ANGUS

• THEY WERE FIRST BROUHGT TO AMERICA BETWEEN 1878
  1883
• BLACK IN COLOR AND POLLED
• MOST PEOPLE PERFER ANGUS BEEF

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BEEFMASTER

• THIS BREED ORIGINATED ON THE LASATER RANCH IN
  TEXAS IN 1908
• CAN BE A RANGE OF COLORS AND CAN BE HORNED OR
  POLLED

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BRAHMAN

• THIS BREED ORIGINATED IN INDIA
• IMPORTED HERE IN 1849
• VERY IN COLOR FROM LIGHT GREY OR RED TO ALMOST
  BLACK
• HAVE LARGE HUMPS ON THEIR BACKS

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BRANGUS

• THIS CROSS STARTED IN 1932
• CROSS OF 3/8 BRAHMAN AND 5/8 ANGUS
• SOLID BLACK AND POLLED

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SANTA GERTRUDIS

• Originated on the King Ranch in Texas
• Breed is 5/8 shorthorn and 3/8brahman
• Deep cherry red in color

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TEXAS LONGHORN

• ORIGIN AMERICA
• RESCUED FROM EXTINCTION IN 1927
• EXCELLENT HYBRID VIGOR

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AFRICANDER

• THIS IS A SOUTH AFRICAN BREED
• PRIMARILY USED FOR MEAT PRODUCTION
• THEY ARE RED WITH LONG LATERAL HORNS

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GUERNSEY

• IMPORTED TO AMERICA IN 1840
• THEY ARE EXCELLENT GRAZERS
• HAVE VERY GOOD CALVING EASE.

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JERSEY

• ONE OF THE OLDEST DAIRY BREEDS
• PRODUCE IN EXCESS OFOF 13 TIMES THEIR BODY WEIGHT
  IN MILK EACH LACTATION

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ANGUS
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TEXAS LONGHORN
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BEEFMASTER
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SANTA GERTRUDIS
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AFRICANDER
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JERSEY
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BRAHMAN
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GUERNSEY
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BRANGUS