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Cow Breeds Flashcards

1
Q

Breed?

Beef/Dairy?

A

Shorthorn

Beef

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Breed?

Beef/Dairy?

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Texas Longhorn

Beef

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3
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Breed?

Beef/Dairy?

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Charolais

Beef

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4
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Breed?

Beef/Dairy?

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Brahman

Beef

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5
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Breed?

Beef/Dairy?

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Hereford

Beef

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Breed?

Beef/Dairy?

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Aberdeen Angus (Black = dominant trait)

Beef

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Breed?

Beef/Dairy?

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Aberdeen Angus (Red = Recessive)

Beef

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Breed?

Beef/Dairy?

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Ayrshire

Dairy

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9
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Breed?

Beef/Dairy?

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Brown Swiss

Dairy

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Breed?

Beef/Dairy?

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Holstein-Friesland

Dairy

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Breed?

Beef/Dairy?

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Jersey

Dairy

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12
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Name that breed:

  • Dairy Cow
  • Docile
  • Withstands Heat Well
  • 4% milkfat
A

Brown Swiss

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13
Q

Name that breed:

  • 90% of dairy cows
  • 2.5 - 3.5 % milk fat
A

Holstein-Friesland

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14
Q

Name That Breed:

  • Nervous lil fellas
  • Males can be aggressive lil fellas
  • Curious lil fellas
  • 4.9% milk fat
A

Jersey
… those nervous lil fellas …

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15
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Name that breed:

  • 4% milk fat
  • good grazing ability
A

Ayrshire

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16
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Rank the 4 milk breeds from highest to lowest in terms of milk production

A

HIGHEST

  1. Holstein: 23,151
  2. Brown Swiss: 22,152
  3. Ayrshire: 17,230
  4. Jersey: 16,431

LOWEST

17
Q

Name that breed:

  • Well Marbled Meat
  • High Quality Carcass
  • Polled, smooth hair

beef

18
Q

Name that breed:

  • Large, heavily muscled
  • High Carcass Yield
  • Lean

-Popular Worldwide

beef

19
Q

Name That Breed:

  • High Beef Yield
  • Docile and easily handled
  • In USA, crossed w/ other breeds
  • Used in US ranching systems

beef

20
Q

Name that breed:

  • Heat tolerant
  • ability to forage on poor pasture
  • quality carcass
  • used for crossing w/ other breeds

beef

21
Q

Name that breed:

  • Slow to mature
  • Tolerant to diseases and parassites
  • Ability to survive on sparce range lands

-Adapted to harsh SW environment

beef

A

Texas Longhorn

22
Q

Name that breed:

-Very adaptable

  • Origin of 30 different breeds
  • N England

beef

23
Q

2 Main Dual Purpose Breeds

A
  1. Simmentaler/Fleckveih (Australia)
  2. Normande (France)

*Technically all dairy breeds can be used for meat but may be poor quality*

24
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What are composite breeds?

A
  • Pure breeds that result from intentional crosses of other purebreeds
  • Designed and selected for a purpose
25
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What are composite breeds used for?

A
  • Optimizing beef production in harsh lands
  • Combined hardiness (Brahman) w/ production (Shorthorn)

RUSVM Nutrition Final (3 decks)

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