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Breed of Livestock Beef Cattle. Mr. Ham GHS. English Breeds. Angus Hereford Short Horn. French Breeds. Charolais Limousin Maine-Anjou. Continential Breeds. Beefmaster Brangus Bradford Santa Gerturdis. Angus. Origin: Aberden and Angus, Scotland Imported to US: 1873
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Breed of LivestockBeef Cattle Mr. Ham GHS
English Breeds • Angus • Hereford • Short Horn
French Breeds • Charolais • Limousin • Maine-Anjou
Continential Breeds • Beefmaster • Brangus • Bradford • Santa Gerturdis
Angus • Origin: Aberden and Angus, Scotland • Imported to US: 1873 • Color: Black w/ smooth hair • Polled: Yes • Desirable Qualities: • Small frame that produces a desirable carcass of high quality, well-marbled meat. • Marble= fat within the meat tissue that provides taste, juiciness, and tenderness • Know as an alert and vigorous breed.
Hereford • Origin: England • Color: Red body, White face and belly • Face has curly hair • Polled: No • Desirable Qualities: • Docile and easy handling • Superior foraging ability, vigor and hardiness • Produces more calves under adverse conditions than other breeds
Charolais • Origin: France • Imported to US: 1936 to King Ranch in Texas • Color: White to light straw with pink skin • Polled: Yes • Desirable Qualities: • Hard, heavy muscling, particulary in the round and loin • High feed efficiency • Large frame animal
Limousin • Origin: West Central France about 7000 years ago. • Imported to US:1968 • Color: light yellow hair with lighter circles around the eyes and muzzle • Polled: no • Desirable Qualities: Short broad head with small neck. Carcass leanness and large loin
Maine Anjou • Origin: France in 1840 • Imported to US: 1970 • Color: Dark red and white and roan • Polled: no • Desirable Qualities: Work animal, Excellent beef producers, Docile, easy to handle, Fast growth weight, well marbled
Beefmaster • Origin: Texas in 1931 • Imported to US: 1931 • Color: Reds and dun • Polled: Horned • Desirable Qualities: Cross between Hereford, Shorthorn, Brahman. Good disposition, fertility, gain, conformation, hardiness, and milk production
Brahman • Origin: India and British • Imported to US: • Color: Light gray or red to almost black • Polled: Horned • Desirable Qualities: Hardiness, climate, early maturity, High heat tolerance, resistant to disease and insects, good mothers, forage on poor range, gain rapidly, quality carcass, Unpredictable disposition.
Bradford3/8 Brahman and 5/8 Hereford • Origin: • Imported to US: • Color: • Polled: • Desirable Qualities: Vigor, size milking ability, rumen capacity growth rate, adaptability and roughages.
Brangus3/8 Brahman and 5/8 Angus • Origin: Jeanerette, Louisiana 1912 • Imported to US: • Color: Black • Polled: Yes • Desirable Qualities: Adaptable, Good mothers, feed efficiency, desirable carcass
Santa Gertrudis3/8 Brahman and 5/8 Shorthorn • Origin: Texas 1920 • Imported to US: • Color: Cherry Red • Polled: Horned • Desirable Qualities: Efficient in feedlots, desirable carcass, Resistant to disease and insects
Simmental • Origin: western Switzerland • Color: red and white animals • Polled: Horned • Desirable Qualities: • rapid growth development; • outstanding production of milk, butter, and cheese; • and for their use as draught animals."