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What breed of cattle is this?
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This is an Angus Bull. They are all black, medium to large size, and have fabulous marbled meat.
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What breed of cattle is this?
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Hereford. Previously most popular beef breed, originally from Britain. Red with white face/underside. Propensity to deposit fat under skin vs marbled.
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Simmental. An imported continental European breed. Usually red with white face, but now also seen in black. Large Size, fast growth.
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Charolais. One of the 1st accepted Continental European import breed to USA. Usually all white/cream colored. Large size, rapid growth. Lower milk production.
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Gelbvieh. German (continental Europe) breed. Now many are black in addition to red/yellowish color. Fast growth, big. Similar in appearance to Simmental, but with earlier sexual maturity.
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Beefmaster. Crossbreed between Brahman and non-zebu type cattle. Many colors but esp. red. Have small hump on dorsal neck, loose skin over shoulders. Withstand heat and parasites well.
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Cross of Brahman and Shorthorn and Hereford breeds
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Holstein Dairy cow. The largest producer of milk volume, but lower in solids. Large size, black/white pattern. Don't tolerate excessive heat well.
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Jersey dairy cow. Smallest of the dairy cattle, with brown/red hair and dished face. Produce high butterfat content, great for cheese making. More heat tolerant than larger breeds.
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Guernsey. Red/fawn spots on white. The "middle of the road" dairy cow; not used much today.
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Brown Swiss dairy cow. Brown but much larger than the Jersey cow; as big or bigger than Holsteins! Lower milk production than Holstein, but have higher solids.
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Yorkshire. Maternal breed. Note upright ears. Long body, moderate muscle.
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American Landrace. White pig with floppy-forward ears. Maternal breed.
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Hampshire. Meat Breed with distinct color pattern of black with white shoulder band. Heavy muscle, moderate body length.
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Duroc. Meat breed with red hair over pink skin. Heavier muscle, moderate body length.
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Suffolk. Meat sheep, quite tall and muscular, large ears. Black hair on face/legs.
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Hampshire. Another meat breed sheep with black face/socks. Not as large as the Suffolk, and have a puff of wool on the poll.
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Dorset. The only popular white faced meat sheep breed. Smaller than the black-faced breeds. Polled and horned. Early season breeders.
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Rambouillet. Middle-of-the-road sheep, popular as range ewes. Medium wool, moderate meat production. Greasy looking wool!
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Columbia. Multipurpose sheep: medium wool, medium carcass (better than Rambouillet). Tall, white faced, clean looking wool. Polled.
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Finnsheep. Small, but used to improve chance of multiple births. "floor mop" wool. White faced and polled.
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Merino. Fine wool sheep. Deep "crimped" wool.
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Alpine goat. Most popular dairy goat. characteristic stripes on face. European Alp origin.
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Nubian dairy goat, "dual purpose though." Produce high fat milk. Distinct lop ears, roman nose.
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Saanan dairy goat. swiss origin, medium to large size, white color, moderate milk production.
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LaMancha, the "earless" goat. Dairy purpose.
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Angora hair goats. Shorn every other year. Tall and scrawny.
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Boer meat breed goat. Very muscular, white body with brown on the head. From South Africa.
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Limousin beef cattle. Typically red but also seen in black. Originally from France. muscular breed with typically lean meat. Polled or horned.
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Polypay Sheep. Synthetic breed, known to be prolific, medium-sized multipurpose producers. White faced and polled. Wool is cream colored, average length/quality.
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cross of Finnsheep, Rambouillet, Dorset and Targhee.
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