Cattle Breeds Agri 22

Hereford

• England

• Homed

• White face, chest, flank, and leg points

• Medium size

• Medium maturity

• Rectangular, compact body

Angus

• Abderdeen, Scotland

• Early maturing

• Black and polled

• Cylindrical body

Red Angus

• better for hot climate

• Polled

• Early maturing

Shorthorn

• England

• Larger then hereford and angus

• High milk yield for a beef cattle breed

• Used in developing Sta. Gertrudis and Droughtmaster

Maine Anjou

• France

• Durham x French Mancelle

• Late maturing

• Excellent milk producer

• Deep red with white patches in the body and face

Chianina

• Italy

• Largest of the breed (1.8 tons)

• Late maturing

• Draft/draught purpose

• White with black skin

• Involved in the development of Charolais

Simmental

• Switzerland

• White-faced with red and white patches in brisket, belly, legs and tail

• Large frame

• Late maturing

• Good milking ability

Blonde d’ Aquitane

• France

• Large 

• Late maturing

• Calving problems

Charolais

• France

• Large frame

• Late maturing

• Well-muscled but lightly finish

• 1.0-1.8 tons

• High average daily gain

• Good grazers and docile

• Terminal sire in crossbreeding

Limousin

• France

• Light brown in color

• Horned

• Excellent carcass

• Relatively small

• Early maturing

Kankrej

• Steel gray with darkening extremities

• Large

Nellore (Ongole)

• From Madras

• White with dark bump and neck

• Bulls are dark grey

Gir

• From Western india

• Convex and broad forehead with long ears

• Mottle color

Sahiwal

• Red to dark tan

• Small

• Dairy strain

Red Sindhi

• Slightly late maturing

Africander

• Ears are small and erect 

• Heat resistance

• High fertility

• Dark to light brown with white markings on belly

• Horns grow downward and backward

Santa Gertrudis

• Texas King’s Ranch (1910)

• Shorthorn x Brahman

• Deep cherry red coat color

• Think, loose, mobile hide

• Late maturing

• Heat resistance

Brahman

• Texas Sartwell Bros.

• MANSO, high prized bull

• Medium in size

• Late maturing

• Heat resistance

Brangus

• Oklahoma

• Angus x Brahman

• Polled

• Medium size

• Slightly late maturing

• Lean carcass

Braford

• 50% Brahman and 50% Hereford

• Carries Hereford coat color features

• Carries Brahman physical features

Australian Milking Zebu

• Selected for heat and tick tolerance and milk yield 

• Looks like jersey

Droughtmaster

• Taurus x Indicus

• Red coat color (wide variation)

• Reasonable fertility under harsh conditions

Belmont red

• Red coat color

• Retains heat and tick resistance and improved fertility

• Africander x hereford x shorthorn

Murray Grey

• Angus bull x shorthorn cow

• Silver dark grey coat color

• Polled

• Excellent carcass, well-marbled

Philippine Indigenous Cattle

• Asian continent, China, Cambodia, Spain

• Red coat color is of Chinese origin, found in Mindoro and Southern Luzon

• Black coat color is of Spanish origin, found mainly in Northern Luzon