Beef Cattle Flashcards
When were cattle domesticated.
6000 to 6500 years ago. (4500 BC)
What were the wild ancestors of cattle called?
Auruch. Generic name.
Why is ancestor of cattle guesswork?
Based on finding animal bones and carbon dating and other methods.
Why do our time estimates of cattle domesication age chnage?
We make new discoveries!! We cant know for sure.
What are the four country clusters where cattle first originated from
India
Tialand
Egypt, Sudan
France, Germany, Poland…
Where did the two distict cattle types develop?
Europe and Indian/Africa
Name of the Indian/Africa cattle type?
Bos Indicus
Name of the european cattle type?
Bos Tarus
What does the map tell us about the timeline of cattle domestication?
Cattle were first domesticated when people stopped hunting and gathering. Domesticated when they started living in villages and become stationary.
In the Old World, wild cattle were ________ but had ______ ranges.
Widespread, narrow.
What are two reasons that cattle were originally domesticaed?
Religious reasons, food.
Where are three places where wild cattle were not present? How did cattle get there?
North/South America
New Zealand
Australia.
Brought by European and Asian explorers.
True/false. Cattle was native to the Americas
False. Brought by explorers.
In 2017, where did the USA rank in beef production world wide?
Number 1!
In the US beef cattle industry of 2017, What was the gross income?
$76.3 billion.
In the US beef cattle industry of 2017, how many beef operations were there?
913,246
In the US beef cattle industry of 2017, what was the total beef inventory?
89.9 million.
In terms of numbers of beef cows, what are the top 5 states?
Texas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and south Dakota.
In terms of market cattle sold, what are the top 5 states?
Texas, Nebraska, Kansas, California, and Oklahoma
In North Carolina specifically, how many total beef operations are there?
18,413
In North Carolina specifically, what is the total beef inventory?
776,271
In North Carolina, what is the gross income?
$275 million.
What percentage of the US total beef operations market share does North Carolina have?
2.0%
What percentage of the US total inventory market share does North Carolina have?
0.9%