501 Final - Beef/Camelid Industries

Top US beef state

Texas

List the 6 Breeds and a defining feature of each

• Angus 

  • Most common in world, marbling of meat, Polled (no horns)

  • Little calving difficulty + Great mothering ability

• Braham - Bos indicus

  • Horns curve upward and tilted to the rear, dewlap, pendulous ears, hump, highly developed sweat glands that secrete an oily secretion w/an odor that repels insects 

  • Survives insects, disease, and temperature extremes

  • Can be very docile and like affection

• Hereford

  • 2nd most popular breed

  • Commonly get Squamous cell cancer —> must remove eye

• Charolais

  • French; can to US through Mexico

  • Hardy and can raise heavy calves

• Simmental 

  • One of oldest breeds

  • Guatemala imported 1st Simmental in North America

  • Triple purpose: Meat, milk, draft (huge)

• Texas Longhorn

  • Columbus 1493 —> 10mill cattle drives during mid 1800s

  • Hardy and well adapted to the US

    • Used to occupy the Great Plains after destruction of bison post Civil War

What are the 2 Camel breeds?

• One-humped = Dromedary (Arabian)

• Two-humped = Bactrian (Central Asia)

What are some unique aspects of llama repro?

• No heat cycle, instead induced ovulatory

• 4 teats

• Most births occur during the daylight hours

• Twinning is rare

Llamas are used for:

• packing, wool production, cart pulling, animal facilitated therapy, companion animals, exhibition in shows, parades and fairs, guardians of other livestock such as sheep 

2 poisonous plants to avoid are:

• Oleander —> Diarrhea, excess salivation, anorexia, bradycardia, arrhythmia

• Bracken Fern —> Emaciation, dyspnea, anemia, death in days to weeks

Male Berserk Syndrom

Cuddling male Cria —> Start seeing you as an equal —> become aggressive and can bite etc.

Diseases and parasites of camelids (7)

• Clostridium perfringes, tetanus

• Equine Herpes virus-1 if around horses

• BVD and IBR if around cattle

• Whipworms

  • Low concentration of parasitic eggs so use  Modified Stoll’s Technique to detect

• Lungworms 

• Liver flukes 

• Coccidiosis