ZOTC 115 Midterm Lab Exam

Chromosome number of cattle

2n=60

Give 3 major cattle producing provinces

• Pangasinan

• Cebu

• Negros Oriental

• Batangas

• Ilocos Norte

Average weight of adult Philippine Native Cattle

280-380 kg

Average milk yield of Philippine Native Cattle

190L

Average daily gain of Philippine Native Cattle

0.3-0.7 kg

Philippine Native Cattle

Philippine Native Cattle

Philippine Native Cattle

Identify the breed, type, and country of origin

Angus

Type: Temperate beef breed

Country: Angus and Scotland

Identify the breed, type, and country of origin

Red Angus

Type: Temperate beef breed

Country: Scotland

Beefalo

note: 3/8 bison (buffalo) and 5/8 domestic cattle

How is Beefalo bred? What are the most common breeds used?

3/8 bison and 5/8 domestic cattle

• 3/8 bison, 3/8 Charolais, ¼ Hereford

Give the breed, type, and place of origin

Beefmaster

Type: Temperate beef breed

Origin: Texas

Beefmaster

Type: Temperate beef breed

Origin: Texas

Give the name of the breed and how is it developed?

Belmont Red

• 50% Africander, 25% Hereford, 25% Shorthorn

note: heat and tick tolerant

Give the name of the breed and how is it developed?

Belmont Red

• 50% Africander, 25% Hereford, 25% Shorthorn

note: heat and tick tolerant

Give the name of the breed and how is it developed?

Australian Braford

• 50% Hereford, 50% Brahman

note: heat resistant and relatively tick tolerant

Breed, type, and place of origin?

American Brahman

• Beef-type, Texas

note: tick and heat tolerant

Australian Brahman

What are the 4 principal breeds of the Brahman breed?

Guzerat

Nellore

Krishna Valley

Gir

Breed and type? How is it developed?

Australian Brangus

• Tropical beef breed

  • 5/8 Angus, 3/8 Brahman

Breed and type?

Charbray, Tropical beef breed

Breed, type, and place of origin?

Charolais

• Temperate beef breed

  • Charolles, France

Breed, type, place of origin?

Chianina

• Temperate beef breed

  • Chiana Valley in Italy

What is the largest breed of cattle in the world?

Chianina (1,800 kg and up to 6 feet high)

Breed, type, place of origin?

Devon

• Temperate beef breed

  • Country of Devon, England

Breed and type?

Droughtmaster

• Tropical beef breed

Breed, type, and place of origin?

Galloway

• Temperate beef breed

  • Galloway, Scotland

Breed, type, and place of origin?

Belted Galloway

• Temperate beef breed

  • Scotland

Breed and Country of origin?

Gyr/ Gir

• India

Gyr/ Gir

Origin: India

Breed, type, and place of origin?

Hereford

• Temperate beef breed

  • Hereford, England

Hereford

Indu-Brazil

note: symmetrical horns that draw upwards and to the rear

Breed, type, and country of origin?

Limousin

• Temperate beef breed

  • France

Breed, type, and place of origin?

Mandalong Special

• Temperate beef breed

  • Australia

Breed, type, and place of origin

Maine Anjou

• Temperate beef breed

  • Western France

Breed, place of origin?

Marchigiana/ Del Cubante

• Marche/ surrounding provinces of Italy

Machigiana

breed, type, , place of origin

Red Poll

• Temperate beef breed

  • Norfolk and Suffolk, England

breed, type, and place of origin?

Santa Gertrudis

• Tropical beef breed

  • Texas

breed, type, and place of origin?

Santa Gertrudis

• Tropical beef breed

  • Texas

breed, type, country of origin

Shorthorn

• Temperate beef breed

  • England

Simmbrah

• beef breed

  • Gulf Coast

Simmbrah

• beef breed

Simmental

• Temperate beef breed

  • Switzerland

Simmental

• Temperate beef breed

  • Switzerland

Sussex

• initially a draught breed, but now a beef breed

  • Southeast England

Australian Friesian Sahiwal (AFS_

• Tropical dairy breed

  • Queensland, Australia

note: tick and heat resistant

3,000 L in 1 lactation

This breed has 3,800 L with 3.6% butterfat milk yield and high resistance to sunburns

Illawara

• Temperate dairy breed

  • NSW, Australia

Brown Swiss

• Temperate dairy breed

  • Switzerland

This breed has yellow-colored milk and golden yellow skin pigmentation

Guernsey

• Temperate dairy breed

  • Isle of Guernsey

This breed is the highest milk producers of all the dairy breed (ave 4,500L)

Holstein Friesian

• Temperate dairy-type breed

  • Netherlands

This breed is known for well-shaped and strong udder attachment

Jersey

• Temperate dairy breed

  • English Channel Island of Jersey

Danish Red

• Temperate dairy breed

  • from Baltic Red cattle in Denmark

The males of this breed are darker and extremities are almost black. THey are known for being adaptable, hardy, goof forager, and resistant to heat and ticks

Red Sindhi

• Dairy type

  • Pakistani state of Sind

Red Sindhi

• Dairy type

  • Pakistani state of Sind

This breed can take substantial levels of inbreeding and are selected for early maturity and maternal efficiency

Senepol

• Dairy breed

This breed can take substantial levels of inbreeding and are selected for early maturity and maternal efficiency

Senepol

• Dairy breed

Bhagnari

• Draft breed

  • Pakistan

This breed is well-suited to fast road work

Hariana

• Draft breed

  • Northern India

Madura or Bos sondaicus

• island of Madura, Indonesia

This breed is a dairy type but has relatively low milking ability

Sahiwal

• DUal-Purpose breed (Dairy and Beef)

This breed was very prominent in WWI because it can work in arid conditions and yet produce milk, however, it becomes wild and vicious if not held frequently. Their color also deepen during winter and when pregnant

Tharparkar/ White SIndhi

Africander

• Tropical beef breed

Africander

• Tropical beef breed

this breed can adapt to any climatic condition and is one of the oldest breeds in Britain

British White

• Temperate beef breed

Blonde D’Aquitane

• Beef breed

  • Pyrenees area, France

Romagnola

• Beef breed

  • Lower Po Valley, Italy

Simford

• beef breed

  • NSW, Australia

This breed means Japanese style cattle

Wagyu

Wagyu

Ayrshire

• Temperate dairy breed

  • Country of Ayr, Scotland

Dairy Shorthorn

• Temperate dairy breed

Australian Milking Zebu (AMZ)

• Tropical dairy breed

  • Australia

Types of buffalo

1. African (Wild)

2. Asian

Give 2 species under African buffaloes

Syncerus caffer

Syncerus caffer caffer

Syncerus caffer brachyceros

Syncerus caffer nanus

Types of Wild Asian Buffalo

1. Indian Wild Arni (Bubalus arnee)

2. Tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis)

3. Anoa (Bubalus depressicornis)

Types of Domestic Asian Buffalo

1. River Type

2. Swamp type

Other term for River Type buffalo

Indian buffalo

Swamp type breed of water buffalo in the Philippines

Philippine (Native) Water Buffalo

River type breeds of water buffalo in the Philippines

• Murrah

• Bulgarian Murrah

Large river buffalo breeds

Murrah and Nili Ravi

Small river buffalo breeds

Kundi

Medium River Buffalo Breeds

Surti

Common name of carabull

Bulugan

Common name of caraheifer and caracow

Gatasan

Common name of caracalf

Guya

Types of Swamp buffaloes

Draft and meat

Type of river buffaloes

Dairy

Philippine carabao

note: two light gray chevrons below the line of lower jaws and across the chest

Australian Feral Buffalo

Jaffarabadi

note: drooping flat horns

Kundi

note: small and spirally twisted horns and solid black color

Murrah

note: prominent hips

Nili-Ravi

note: long head and prominent forehead

Surti

note: horns coil downward and upward forming a hook (Sickle-shaped). Has two streaks of white markings around the jaw from ear to ear

Thai Swamp Buffalo

Tamaraw

note: V-shaped horns

Philippine Native Sheep