Bovine Breed ID Flashcards

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Black Baldy

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White Park

The American White Park is comparable in size to the Hereford, Angus, and Shorthorn cattle

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Beefmaster

Developed on Lasater Ranch in Texas; cross between Shorthorn, Hereford, and Brahman

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Belted Galloway

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Watusi

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English Longhorn

Easy calving - their pinbones are lower, creating a bigger pelvic canal

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Jersey

  • Fawn or fawn & white; high solids; only breed that is increasing in # because of high protein high butter fat milk - very good for making CHEESE; also has BLACK feet; and low incidence of dystocia (wide pelvis – almost 0%); most predisposed to milk fever & copper toxicity
  • Diary= milk is high in solids and protein cheese); hard, dark colored foot = decrease lameness (white hooves have more lameness (like holstein cows)
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Holstein Friesian

  • From Holland & Germany; black & white (or red & white but red is recessive); most numerous
  • Red Holsteins are more tolerant of heat i.e. they adapt better to the tropics than a black Holstein
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Braford

Cross between Brahma and Hereford

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Belgian Blue

  • White, blue, black, or roan; double muscled, close to 100% incidence of dystocia (~90% delievered by C-Section)
  • Often used for cross bredding
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Piedmontese

Selected for the myostatin gene

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Guernsey

From Channel Island of Guernsey off the coast of France; red & white; high solids; produce alpha 2 casein milk; steep decline in 70s - tried to breed a taller animal; Lack of IgA; high level of keratin in milk

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Scotch Highland

  • Brown, black, red, or dun hairy coat, long horns;
  • Large stomach & can utilize poor forage; bred to withstand harsh environment
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Which one of the following is associated with this breed of cattle?

  • Cholesterol deficiency
  • Spastic paralysis
  • Double muscling
  • Porphyria (pink tooth)
  • Mannosidosis
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double muscling

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Simmental

Red with white face and markings; bigger, different conformation from Hereford (straighter legs); can also have black Simmentals (esp in North America). Known for having good bone and leg structure (large feet)​

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Romagnola

Gray; dewlap; horned breed ​

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Shorthorn

  • Red, white, or roan; originated in Scotland, one of most common in Australia
  • Segmental aplasia of the reproductive tract; English beef
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Chianina

(pronounced kee-ah-nee-na)

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Hereford

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T/F: Piedmontese, Maine-Anjou, Belgian Blue, and Charolais are all ‘double muscled’ breeds of cattle

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True!

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Pinzgauer

Austrian; red with white stripe down back​

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Welsh Black

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Charolais

The Charolais of France are white in color, horned, long bodied, and good milkers with a general coarseness to the animal not being uncommon.​

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Angus

POLLED; black or red

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Maine-Anjou

  • The Maine-Anjou breed originated in the northwestern part of France. This area is excellent for beef production as it has both grassland and tillable land.​*
  • Not very popular due to problems calving*
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Sussex

The Sussex breed adapts well to hot climates and resists tick-borne disease

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Santa Gertrudis

Developed on King Ranch in Texas; cross between Shorthorn and Brahma. First beef breed in America; heat and humidity resistance, good parasite resistance

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Dexter

Miniature cattle breed

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Devon

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Brahma

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Salers

Dark red; red color tolerates heat better than other colors, Popular in Western US for cross breeding; Cross with Sussex = ideal beef cow​

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Limousin

  • Red; not double muscled, not as hearty as Charolais*
  • Bred to be black in North America*