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  • Beef Cattle Breeds (Bos indicus)
    • Aberdeen-Angus
    • Brahman
    • Charolais
    • Devon (Ruby Reds)
    • Galloway
    • Hereford
    • Polled Hereford
    • Shorthorn
    • Scottish Highland
    • Limousin
    • Simmental
    • Maine-Anjou
    • Chianina
    • Murray Grey
    • Santa Gertrudis
    • Africander
    • Gelbvieh
    • Salers
    • Belmont Red
    • Brangus
    • Braford
  • Beef Cattle
    • For meat production
    • Other uses include leather, and products used in shampoo and cosmetics
  • Considerations for Breed Selection
    • Production system
    • Market demands
    • Quantity and quality of feedstuffs available
    • Climate
    • Breed complementary
    • Cost and availability of purebred seedstock
  • Traits Important for Selecting Dam Breeds
    • Early puberty
    • Moderate mature size
    • High fertility
    • Moderate to high milking ability (appropriate for food sources)
    • Calving ease
    • Longevity
    • Acceptable growth and carcass characteristics
  • Traits Important for Selecting Sire Breeds
    • High growth rate with moderate mature size
    • Acceptable calving ease
    • Adequate carcass quality grades (marbling)
    • High-Quality product yield
  • Aberdeen-Angus
    • Origin: North-eastern Scotland
    • Black color and polled (without horn)
    • Calves from Angus cows are usually smaller at birth than from other breeds
    • Body form is smooth, medium in size, trim adequate in length of side, and well muscled
  • Brahman
    • Origin: USA/Queensland
    • Silver-grey coat and horned
    • Horns usually curve upward and sometimes tilted to the rear
    • Calve easily, milk well, and are protective of their young
    • Instead of a "moo" they produce a "grunt" sound
    • Characterized by a large hump over the top of the shoulder and neck
    • Resistant to Texas Fever and can stand heat well
  • Charolais
    • Origin: France
    • White or creamy white in color, but the skin carries appreciable pigmentation
    • Hair coat is usually short in summer but thickens and lengthens in winter
    • Naturally horned
  • Devon (Ruby Reds)
    • Origin: West England
    • Red, rich deep red to a light red or chestnut color
    • A bright ruby red and known for its nickname "Red Rubies"
    • Have an adequate size and scale but are not "horsey"
  • Galloway
    • Origin: Southwestern Scotland
    • Color: Black to Dun (Silver through brown), Red, White (with dark pigment in the eyes, nose, teats, and ears)
    • The smallest beef breeds
    • The breed is polled, has short legs, and is block and compact in type
    • Their long hair coat provides insulation and waterproofing
    • Good rustlers and extremely hardy, able to stand cold weather conditions
  • Hereford
    • Origin: Herefordshire in south-west England
    • They are brown with white over the face
    • Often referred as "white-face cattle"
    • Recoat with white face and horned
    • For vealer, steer and bullock production
  • Polled Hereford
    • Origin: USA
    • Well suited to all markets
    • Same as Herefords but the difference is it doesn't have horns
  • Shorthorn
    • Origin: North East of England
    • Red roan or white coat; Polled and horned
    • Developed from naturally shorthorns found in the breed
  • Scottish Highland

    • Origin: Scotland
    • Colors are black, brindle, light red, dun, red, silver, and yellow
    • They are small but exceedingly hardy
    • They have a long coarse outer hair coat and a soft thick undercoat which gives them body protection against cold weather conditions
  • Limousin
    • Origin: Central France in the province of Limousin
    • Color: Red-Gold color over the back, shading to light buckskin or straw under the belly and around the legs and muzzle
    • Horned and polled
    • Heavily muscled and known for high yield meat. Suitable for crossbreeding programs
    • Referred to as "butcher's animal" in france
  • Simmental
    • Origin: Switzerland
    • Color: Light red or cream with faces much like the Herefords. They usually have some white spots on a white band over the shoulders
    • Naturally horned but breeders producing polled
    • Highly sought because of their rapid growth development, production of milk , butter, and cheese
    • Known for stature and excellent dairy qualities
    • Other names: Fleckvieh (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) Pie Rouge, Montbeliard, and Abondance (other European country and France) Pezzata Rossa (Italy)
  • Maine-Anjou
    • Origin: Loire valley in France or Northwestern France
    • Coat is red, red with white spot, or roan
    • White marking on head, belly, rear legs, and tail
    • The largest breed developed in France
  • Chianina
    • Origin: West central part of Italy
    • Noted from rapid growth and well-marbled, fine-textured meat
    • Pure white with a black switch on the tail
    • Short horns curve forward and are usually black in the younger animals and become lighter
    • Noticeable characteristics is the extensive and well-defined muscling
  • Murray Grey
    • Origin: Wodonga Victoria
    • Dun grey and polled
    • Cattles have relatively small heads and bone
    • Survival and reproductive rate has been very satisfactory under a wide range of climate conditions
  • Santa Gertrudis
    • Origin: USA
    • 3/8 brahman - 5/8 shorthorn, 37.5% brahman – 62.5% shorthorn
    • Red color polled or horned
    • Large beef animals noted for their ability to make large gains on grass to rustle on areas of sparse forage
    • Ease of calving, good mothering ability, and abundant milk supply
  • Africander
    • Origin: South Africa
    • Exhibit good resistance to heat, a high level of tick resistance, quiet temperament, and a satisfactory high level of fertility under harsh conditions
    • Was used in shorthorn in developing Bonsmara breed and with Holstein in creating Drakensberger
    • Used in upgrading indigenous cattle in tropical countries
  • Gelbvieh (Gelp-fee)
    • Origin: Bavaria, Germany
    • Red in color, with strong skin pigmentation
    • Naturally horned but in more recent times there are polled
    • Proponents of the breed claim the breed has superior fertility, calving ease, mothering ability, and growth rate of the calves
    • Polled cattle have been developed in USA from the use of naturally hornless foundation female
  • Salers (Sa'lair)
    • Origin: South Central France (Massif Central)
    • Typically, horned and dark mahogany in red in color, however a growing number of polled and Salers are available
    • There are documented proofs of the breed's attributes of calving case, maternal efficiency and carcass merit
  • Belmont Red
    • Origin: Queensland
    • 50% Africander, 25% Hereford, and 25% Shorthorn
  • Brangus
    • Origin: North America
    • 3/8 or 37.5% Brahman and 5/8 or 62.5% Aberdeen-Angus
  • Braford
    • Origin: Queensland
    • 50% Hereford 50% Brahman
    • Heat resistant and tick tolerance
  • Dairy Cattle Breeds (Bos taurus)
    • Holstein Friesian
    • Brown Swiss
    • Guernsey
    • Ayrshire
    • Jersey
    • Milking Shorthorn
    • Tharparkar
    • Nagauri (Nagori)
  • Dairy Cattle
    • Also called dairy cows or milk cows
    • Bred for the ability to produce large amount of milk
  • Holstein Friesian
    • Origin: Northern Holland and Friesland
    • Chief characteristics are its large size and black and white spotted markings
  • Brown Swiss
    • Origin: Switzerland
    • Color varies from light brown or gray to dark shades
    • One of the oldest breeds in existence
    • They are often considered as dual-purpose breed
    • They are heavier boned and thicker fleshed than the cattle of the other dairy breeds
    • These cattle are good and persistent milkers, producing milk of average butterfat content compared with other dairy cattle
  • Guernsey
    • Origin: Island of Guernsey in the channel island
    • Fawn or red and white in color, and is hardy and docile
    • Its milk is rich in flavor, high in fat and protein, and has a golden-yellow tinge due to its high B-carotene content
    • It is a dairy breed, and is reared for that purpose only
    • Milk content: B-carotene, a provitamin for vitamin A
    • Milk has high butterfat content of 5% and high in protein content of 3.7%
  • Ayrshire
    • Origin: Ayrshire in southwest Scotland
    • It typically have red and white markings; the red can range from a shade of orange to a dark brown
    • They are known for their hardiness and their ability to convert grass into milk efficiently
  • Jersey
    • Origin: Jersey in the Channel Islands
    • One of the three Channel Island cattle breeds
    • Highly productive cattle
    • May give over ten times of their own weight in milk per lactation
    • Milk is high in butterfat = 4.84%. and Protein = 3.95%
    • It has yellowish tinge
  • Milking Shorthorn
    • Origin: England
    • Average milk production for the breed is about 7,000 kg (15,000 lb) in an annual lactation of 305 days, with 3.8% butterfat and 3.3% protein
  • Tharparkar
    • Origin: Tharparkar District in Sindh Province of Pakistan
    • It is dual purpose breed known for both its milking and draught potential
    • 8-10 kg milk daily and 3000 – 3500 kg annually with 5% fat in their milk
  • Nagauri (Nagori)

    • Origin: former Johrpur state, now a part of the state of Rajasthan in India
    • White and gray color
    • This cattle are fine, big, upstanding, active, and docile
    • They have long deep and powerful frames, with straight backs and well-developed quarters
  • Buffalo Breeds
    • Anatolian Buffalo (Turkish)
    • Australian Buffalo
  • Anatolian Buffalo (Turkish)

    • Origin: raised in Turkey but originated in India
    • Dairy and draft breed
    • Usually dark gray to black
    • Often have white markings on the head and tail
    • Has sickle or crescent shaped horns
  • Australian Buffalo
    • Origin: Australia
    • Feedlolts have been established to turn out young male buffalo
    • Growth
  • Shorthorn
    • Origin: England
    • Average milk production: 7,000 kg (15,000 lb) in 305 days, with 3.8% butterfat and 3.3% protein