TTU ANSC 1401 Cattle Vocab

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Veal

young cow meat, fed primarily milk

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4 Major sectors of US Beef Industry

  1. Seed stock producers

  2. Commercial cow-calf producers

  3. Yearling or stocker operators

  4. Feedlot finishing operations

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Bovine

Cow species name

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Bull/Bullocks

Male uncastrated

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Steer

Castrated male

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Dry Cow

Doesn’t produce milk

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Cow

Female

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Heifer

Female before giving birth

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First calf heifer

More susceptible to calving difficulties, young, not fully developed, small pelvis size, highest death loss of calves

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Calf

under a year old

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Yearlings

about a year old

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Calf crop

yearly output of a set of cows, want to increased this percentage

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Free Martinism

twin heifer to a bull calf, not likely to be fertile due to underdeveloped reproductive tract (too much testosterone)

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Heiferette

female that calved that wasn’t supposed to, young skeleton that looks old

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Palatability

a measure of how acceptable meat is, steer > bulls

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Seed Stock Production

the primary goal of this industry is to produce breeding stock

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Expected Progeny Differences (EPD)

predictions of the genetic transmitting ability of a parent to its offspring; used to make selection decisions for traits desired in the breed

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Commercial Cow-Calf Production

their goals are to produce the heaviest calves possible with the least cost

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Yearling or Stocker Operators

their goals are growing calves to heavier weights on low-priced forage before the calves enter the feedlot

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Feedlot Operations

“finishing phase”; 600lb to 850lb cattle are finished to market weight and condition in confinement

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Longhorn

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Longhorn cow

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Longhorn steers

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Shorthorn

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Shorthorn

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Shorthorn

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Shorthorn heifer

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1950s Shorthorns

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Subcutaneous fat

Fat below skin, keeps cattle warm

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Seam fat

Fat between muscles, makes animals wider

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Marbling fat

Fat within muscles, impacts palatability

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Hereford bull

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Hereford bull

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Hereford Cow with crossbred calf

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Herefords in snow country

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Polled Hereford

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Mini Hereford

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Angus Bull

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Angus Heifer

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Angus pair

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Early 50s International Angus Champ

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Red Angus Bull

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Red Angus Pairs

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Black Baldy (HerefordxAngus)

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Galloway

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Belted Galloway

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Dun Galloway

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Scotch Highland Bull

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Scotch Highland Bull

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Red Poll Bull

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Red Poll Bull

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South Devon Bull

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South Devon Cow

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Murray Grey (AngusxShorthorn)

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Charolais

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Charolais Cow

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Charolais Cows

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Double Muscled Charolais Bull

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Simmental in Switzerland

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Simmental

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Simmental-Black/Red Angus Red

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Simmental Bull

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Limousin

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Limousin Bull

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Limousin Bull

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Limousin Bull

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Chianina Bull

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Chianina Bull

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Chianina Bull

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Chianina Bull

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Maine Anjou

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Maine Anjou

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Maine Anjou

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Pinzgauer

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Pinzgauer

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Gelbvieh

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Gelbvieh

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Tarentaise

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Tarentaise

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Belgian Blue and Belgian White

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Belgian Blue

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Belgian Blue

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Permontese

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Braunvieh

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Salers (Suh’Lair)

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American Brahman

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Brahman Cow

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Tiger Stripe Cow

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Tiger Stripe Cow

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Nellore

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Guzerat

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Indu-Brazil

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Santa Gertrudis (5/8 Shorthorn 3/8 Brahman)

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Santa Cruz (Shorthorn, Brahman, Red Angus, Gelbvieh)

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Brangus (5/8 Angus 3/8 Brahman)

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Brangus Pair (5/8 Angus 3/8 Brahman)

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Brangus Bull (5/8 Angus 3/8 Brahman)

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Braford (HerefordxBrahman)

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Beefmaster (Brahman, Shorthorn, Brown Swiss, Hereford)

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Beefmaster (Brahman, Shorthorn, Brown Swiss, Hereford)

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