ANSC 305: LAB-BREEDS OF LIVESTOCK
47 Cards in this Set
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Angus and Red Angus
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Cattle- British beef breed
high marblingblack color dominant, red recessivepolledAberdeen, Scotland
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Hereford and Polled Hereford
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Cattle- British beef breed
hardy, adaptable, prone to cancer eyered and white coloredhorned or polledwestern England and Wales
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Shorthorn
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Cattle- British beef breed
1st breed registry createdwhite or red roan- no blackpolledEngland
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Charolais
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Cattle- continental beef breed
large frame sizewhite, pink skinned- may have some red factorFrance
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Simmental
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Cattle- continental beef breed
very high milk production- dual purpose breedred or yellow, may be spotted, bald faced, or solid- some blackhorned or polledSwitzerland
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Gelbvieh
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Cattle-continental beef breed
high milkers, heaviest muscling of continental breedsyellow color, some black and redSouth Germany and Austria
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Limousin
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Cattle- continental beef breed
high muscling, low milk productionbright red with lighter pointshorned or polledFrance
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Chianina
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Cattle- continental beef breed
largest frame and sizegray color with black tipshorned or polledItaly
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Braunvieh
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Cattle- continental beef breed
basis for brown swiss cattle, high muscling and milktan to brown with white tipshornedNorthwest Europe, Switzerland
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Holstein
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cattle- European dairy breed
heaviest milk productionblack and whitehorned or polledNetherlands
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Jersey
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Cattle- European dairy breed
high butterfatbrown with darker tips, may have spottinghorned or polledJersey Island
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Brahman
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Cattle- Bos indicus
used for crossbreedingbrindle, roan, or gray with a blue sheathmostly hornedbred in US from 4 Indian breeds
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Nellore
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Cattle- Bos indicus
large frame, better udder/sheath than brahmangray with black pigmentationprimarily hornedIndia
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Brangus
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Cattle- American composite
3/8 Brahman 5/8 anguspolledopen herdbookdeveloped in southern US, 1950s
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Beefmaster
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Cattle- American composite
1/2 brahman 1/4 shorthorn 1/4 herefordred body, white facehorned or polled
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Santa Gertrudis
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Cattle- American composite
5/8 shorthorn 3/8 Brahmandeveloped at King Ranchbright red colorhorned or polled
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Simbrah
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Cattle- American composite
5/8 simmental 3/8 brahmandeveloped on US gulf coastvarious colors, high heat tolerance
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Texas Longhorn
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Cattle- specialty Bos taurus
descended from Spanish cattleany color, light muscling, hardy
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Wagyu
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Cattle- specialty Bos taurus
Japanhigh marbling on grassred or black colorsmall frame, horned
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Tuli (Sanga)
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Cattle- African breed
Zimbabwered, yellow, or whitemostly polled, slight humpmaternal breed, good marblingbiggest African breed
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Boran (Bos indicus)
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Cattle- African breed
Kenya/Ethiopiagray or red with blacklarge hump, mostly hornedgood milk production
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Africander (Sanga)
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Cattle- African
from South Africahornedmostly red
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Bonsmara (Sanga influenced composite)
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Cattle- African
South Africa5/8 Africander, 3/16 hereford, 3/16 shorthornmost are redhorned or polled
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Senepol
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Cattle- Caribbean breed
St. CroixN'Dama x Red pollshort, slick hairpolledheat tolerant
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Rambouillet
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Sheep- finewool
from Spanish merinowhitelarge sizedrams horned
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Suffolk
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Sheep- medium wool
white body, black facepolledhigh muscling, good carcass qualitylargest registry in US
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Hampshire
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Sheep- medium wool
white body, black face, white wool caphigh muscling, polled
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Southdown
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Sheep- medium wool
Englandwhitesmall to medium sized, early maturingpolled
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Finnsheep Finnish Landrace Northern short tail
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Sheep- prolific breed
white, short tailcoarse woolwide frame, tendency for triplets
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Booroola Merino
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Sheep- prolific, finewool
Australiaselected for multiple birthsrams horned
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Dorset
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Sheep- prolific, medium wool
Southwest Englandwhitehorned or polledmedium frame, high musclingcan breed out of season
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Lincoln
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Sheep- longwool
large frame, low musclingcoarse woolwhite with black noseused for crossbreeding to extend staple length
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Columbia
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Sheep- Crossbred
USRambouillet x Lincolnheavy wool production
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Black-headed Persian
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Sheep
fat-rumpedEast Africa- Somaliapolledblack head, white bodyheat tolerant
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Dorper
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Hair sheep
Persian x Dorset, from South Africalong breeding season/ breeds out of seasonblack head or white
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Angora
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Goat- fiber breed
Turkeywhite color, small frame, low musclingmohair
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Boer
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Boer
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Spanish
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Goat- meat breed
unknown ancestry, very commonlow milk, hardy, low nutrient requirements
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Nubian
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Goat- dairy breed
EnglandLarge, long earsvarious colors- brown to tanhigh butterfat (Jersey)
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Saanen
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goat- dairy breed
Swiss alpswhite to tan colorhigh milk volume (Holstein)
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La Mancha
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Goat- dairy breed
US- Spanish originsno outer earvarious colorshardyhigh butterfat
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Duroc
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Hog- American meat type
gray skin, red hairhigh muscle, lean, marble welldroopy earsprimarily sire breed
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Hampshire
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Hog- American meat type
USblack with a white belt on back and legserect earshigh musclingterminal sire
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Yorkshire
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Hog- white maternal breed
englandprolific- high milking ability, long-bodiedheavy muscleerect ears
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Landrace
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Hog- white maternal breed
Danishlong- bodied with extra vertebraeprolific- high milking abilitydroopy ears
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Meishan
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Hog- Chinese prolific
low carcass quality, light musclered colorused for research because of large litter sizes
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Pietrain
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Hog- European meat type
Belgiumgood carcass quality, PSS susceptiblewhite to yellow color with black spotslow sow productivity, used for crossbreeding
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ANSC 307: Exam 1