Unit 4: Bovine Breeds

What is oleo starin used for?

Making gum and candy

How many pancreases from cattle does it take to keep a diabetic person alive for a year?

26 pancreases would provide enough insulin to keep a diabetic person alive for a year

Santa Gertrudis (American beef cattle)

• develop to thrive in dry areas (Texas)

• 3/8 Brahman

• 5/8 shorthorn

(American beef cattle)

• fertility/milk/weight

• Shorthorn

• Brahman

• Hereford

Texas Longhorn (American beef cattle)

• draught resistance (warmer climates)

• Iberian mix

• Horns can be up to 1.8m

Hereford (Europeans beef breed)

• Docile

• Live long

• Polled or Horned

Shorthorn (European beef breeds)

• dual purpose breed

• Bred for beef and milk

• Genetics= 40 different breed (trace back to comet the bull)

Aberdeen Angus (European beef breeds)

• popular in 4H

• Hardiness/red meat

Belted Galloway (European beef breeds- Scotland)

• good in cold

• Medium size

• Good mothers

Scottish Highland (European beef cattle -Scotland)

• long lives

• Cold weather

• Scottish “fold” rather than herd

• Not super friendly

Maine Anjou (France beef cattle)

• milk/beef

• Dual purpose

Charlolais (France beef cattle)

• triple purpose

• Very large

Limousin (France beef cattle)

• draft/beef

• Live in mountains

• Very old

Terentaise Cattle (France beef cattle)

• excellent milk production

Chianina (Italian beef breeds)

• draft/meat

• Tough skin- naturally parasite resistant due to black pigment in skin

• High heat tolerance

Watusi (Africa beef cattle)

• “Cattle of Kings”

• Tutsi region

• Yogurt

• Horns circulate blood to cool, very resistant to heat, poor quality nutrition, and predators

Brahman (India beef cattle )

• cant be eaten or sold (very sacred)

• mix of Bos Indicus

• Hot/humid area

• Insect resistant

Holstein-Friesian (dairy)

• from holland

• Milk

• 90% of dairy cattle in US

Jersey (dairy)

• less susceptible of hoof trouble

• Efficient grazers

• Don’t produce as much milk as holstein

Guernsey (dairy)

• Long life

Brown Swiss (dairy)

• Swiss alps

• Docile/friendly

• Oldest dairy breed

Simmental (dairy)

• rapid growth

• Outstanding milk/butter/cheese production

• Draught animals

• Triple purpose

Ayrshire (Dairy)

• Vigourous calves

Gir (dual purpose)

• India

• Draft/milik

• Disease tolerance

• Very friendly

Devon (Dual purpose)

• Milk/beef/logging

• Good fertility

• Can walk like nobodies business

Piedmontese (dual purpose)

• gene that makes their beef lean and low fat content

• Have inactive mystatin gene

Gelbvieh (dual purpose)

• tick resistant

• Triple purpose

• German

• Docile

Dexter (dual purpose)

• small

• Irish

• Can be used as oxen

• Good mothers (will hide their calves)

Corriente (Mexico)

• rodeo sports