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
Which one of the following is associated with this breed of cattle?
- Cholesterol deficiency
- Spastic paralysis
- Double muscling
- Porphyria (pink tooth)
- Mannosidosis
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
T/F: Piedmontese, Maine-Anjou, Belgian Blue, and Charolais are all ‘double muscled’ breeds of cattle
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*
