Meat Sci Breeds

Beef Breeds

Bos Indicus:

• South Asain

• Zebu

• Braham

• Saggy skin + hump

• Harsher climates

Bos Taurus:

• European/continental

• Angus, hereford, simmental. Charolias

• US + Canada

Angus

• >60% commerical cattle

• High feed eficancy + supieror beef (marbeling)

• Low mantense - natually pulled, calving ease (materuical instincts )

• Certifes angus beef

Hereford

• Feed efficancy

• Grow faster

• Low mantinense

• High % calf crop

• Premuim value

Simmental

• Feed converstion and efficancy

• High long term fertiloty

• Longevity

• Low mantinace - easy handling + calving ease

• Short intravals between calving

• Good grazing

• Uniform typer/color

• Early matrity + good growth rates

Crosses

• Brangus: Angus X Braham

• Black Baldy: Hereford X Angus

Holstein

• 90% dairy cows

• High growth percentage (fattening) produce meat w fine fiber

• Cross breeed w beef breeds for higher quality veal

• More lean

• Less yeild of meat, comparble quality grade w good marbeling

• No effect in taste or tenderness

Wagyu

• Japanese

• Expensive

• Marbeling

• Higher ratio of unsaturated fats/flavor

• Finer meat

Belgain blue

• Prone to double muscling

• Lean

Veal (young cow)

• Midwest + northeast

• Purchased at ~100lbs then raised till ~475-500lbs (20-22 weeks)

Special fed/milk fed veal: nutrionally balnced milk or soy based diets

Non-special fed/pasture-rasied veal: varity of diets (milk replacer, grain, forges)

Bob veal: weigh less than 150 lbs or <3 weeks

Lamb breeds (age and matury) **younger naimal matures = better qulaity of meat

Suffolk

• Quality meat

• Choice lean carcass

• Lambs mature early (9-12 weeks)

• Adatable in most envioroments

• Ease of lambing

Hampshire

• Bigger

• Meat

• Adatable

• Long breeding season w mulitoul offpsring

Dorset

• Meat and wool

• adatable

Dorper

• Herdy grazer, good for rough envioremnt,

• Wool + hair + meat

• Low maintance