Cattle Questions and Answers
Breed -
a race or variety, the members of which are related by descent and similar in certain distinguishable characteristics
Purebred
Refers to the purity of ancestry, established by pedigree, which shows that only animals recorded in that particular breed ha...
Cattle Questions and Answers
Breed - - answer a race or variety, the members of which are related by descent and
similar in certain distinguishable characteristics
Purebred - answer Refers to the purity of ancestry, established by pedigree, which
shows that only animals recorded in that particular breed have been mated to produce
the animals in question
Composite breed - answer developed by combining the desirable characteristics of
several existing breeds
Commercial - answer operations that raise and produce commercial beef cattle only
for slaughter
Pure breeder - answer operations that raise and sell purebred cattle only as breeding
stock.
Bos taurus: Continental breeds - answer -Originated in Europe
-Known for weight gain and cutability
-Generally large in size, lean, muscular, and vary in adaptability to hot climates
-Several of these breeds are common to the United States
-Charlois - Simmental
-Chianina - Texas Longhorn
-Gelbvieh
-Limousine
Charolais - answer Ranges from white to light straw in color
Horned or polled
Large, heavily muscled
Fast growth rate
Feed efficiency
Chianina - answer -Range in color from white to steel gray and have black
pigmented skin.
-Acknowledged as the largest breed, with some bulls weighing more than three
thousand pounds
-Good feed efficiency
-Increased rate of gain
-Calving ease (which is uncommon in larger breeds)
-Bulls provide outstanding growth rate in the offspring of crossbred females
Gelbvieh - answer -No color restrictions
-Either horned or polled
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