Livestock and Poultry Breeds and Types

Flashcards reviewing different breeds of livestock and poultry, focusing on their origins, characteristics, and uses.

Livestock Breeds

Adaptable to different climatic and feed conditions, providing specific advantages.

Livestock Selection

Selection based on personal preference, environmental conditions, adaptability, reproductive efficiency, and other traits.

American Polled Hereford

Originated in Iowa, modern Herefords without horns, known for foraging ability and hardiness.

Simmental

An old breed from Switzerland, known for docile temperament and thickly muscled carcass.

Angus

Official name is Aberdeen-Angus, originated in Scotland, black in color and polled; known for high-quality, well-marbled meat.

Brahman

Bos indicus cattle, produce oily secretion to repel insects, grunt instead of moo.

Charolais

French breed, white to light straw color, heavily muscled, well-adapted to many areas.

Limousin

From France, light yellow hair, noted for carcass leanness and large loin area.

Ayrshire

From Scotland, cherry red, mahogany, brown or white, vigorous and strong, excellent grazing ability.

Brown Swiss

From Switzerland, solid brown, quiet and docile, longest-lived dairy breed with high heat tolerance.

Guernsey

From Isle of Guernsey in France, any shade of fawn with white markings, early maturing and adaptable, produces golden milk.

Holstein-Friesian

Originated in Netherlands, black and white, largest dairy breed with excellent grazing ability.

Jersey

From Jersey, France, cream to light fawn to almost black, smallest dairy breed, excellent udders and grazing ability.

Santa Gertrudis

Developed in Texas, Brahman and Shorthorn cross, large beef animals tolerant to heat and insects; deep cherry-red color.

Chianina

White with a black tail switch, largest cattle breed in the world, noted for rapid growth and well-marbled meat.

Milking Shorthorn

From Northern England, dual-purpose breed for milk and meat, more angular than Shorthorn.

Sheep Breeds

Classified by wool type: fine wool, medium wool, long wool, crossbred wool, carpet wool, and fur sheep.

Rambouillet

Fine wool breed from France, developed from Spanish Merino, popular for crossbreeding; white color, large body type.

AfriNo

Dual-purpose, fine wool breed from South Africa, produces Merino-type wool.

Delaine Merino

Fine-wool breed from North America, medium size, smooth body free of wrinkles.

Debouillet

Fine-wool breed best adapted to range conditions in southwestern US.

Cheviot

White-faced sheep with wool-free head and legs, pricked ears, black muzzle and feet.

Dorset

Medium wool breed from southern England, medium size with blocky body type; white ears, nose, face and legs; produces medium-coarse fleece and muscular carcass.

Hampshire

Medium wool breed from southern England, large size and blocky body type; black face, legs, ears and nose; good milkers, lambs ready for market at weaning.

Polypay

Medium wool sheep developed in Idaho for superior reproduction through twins and triplets.

Suffolk

Medium wool breed from southern England, large, blocky and muscular; black face, ears and legs; lambs grow rapidly, produce lean carcasses.

Montadale

Developed in the United States from Cheviot and Columbia crosses; good meat type, dual-purpose animal with head and legs free of wool.

Oxford

Cross of Cotswolds and Hampshires

Shropshire

wool from the tip of the nose to the tip of the toes

Tunis

one of the oldest sheep breeds

Torddu

Blackbelly

Torwen

Reverse coloration, black with a white belly

Badger Face Welsh Mountain

striped face with a black band from jaw to belly and extending to the underside of the tail.

Leicester

Heavy fleece of curly,lustrous wool

Lincoln

fleece is the heaviest, longest-stapled and most lustrous of any breed in the world

Romney

Meat and wool under diverse climate conditions and management systems , hooves are resistant to footrot and fleeces which remain heavy in harsh weather

Columbia

A large, blocky breed considered as the largest among the crossbred wool breeds

Corriedale

Dual-purpose sheep with good meat and wool ,dense fleece is medium-fine , lambs produce good quality carcasses and have a high pelt value

Panama

Hardy breed that is highly adapted to range areas with ample feed conditions

Targhee

dual-purpose sheep with good meat type and a heavy fleece of high quality wool, favored by western ranchers

Karakul

fat broad tailed type of sheep, large tail is stored fat

Karakul

tightly curled wool are used in the "Persian lamb" fur trade

Black-Faced Highland

Blackface ewes are excellent mothers and will defend their offspring against any perceived threat