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| Aberdeen-Angus
These cattle mature and
fatten early. Their fat tends to marble
(mix with lean meat), a desirable quality
in beef. Many cattle raisers consider the
Angus the typical beef animal. |
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| Ayrshire
milk production ranks between brown swiss
and guernsey. |
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| Brahman
Most of these cattle are
light gray or nearly black, although a
few are red. It is characterized by a
fleshy hump over its shoulders. |
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| Brown Swiss
This breed is larger than
most dairy cattle. Milk production ranks
second only to that of Holsteins. The
milk is pure white, and is rich in nonfat
solids, minerals, and lactose. |
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| Charolais Commercial cattle producers
seek Charolais for crossbreeding because
of their great size, their heavy muscular
system, and the rapid growth of Charolais
calves. |
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 Dutch
Belted This
breed is noted for its milk, which
contains 3.5 to 5.5 per cent butter fat,
and for cows capable of producing milk
well into their teen years. Considered a
very rare breed, there are fewer than
2,000 head worldwide. |
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 Guernsey This breed produces a little
more milk than Jerseys, but the rich milk
of the Guernsey ranks second to that of
the top-ranking Jersey in butterfat
content. |
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 Hereford
This breed is especially popular as veal. |
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| Holstein-Friesian
cows produce more milk than any other
breeds. It is the breed of cow featured
in the "California Cheese" TV
commercials. |
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 Jersey
cows produce less milk
than the four other major breeds, but
their milk contains the most butterfat. A
thick mass of cream rises to the top of a
container of Jersey milk. |
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| Santa
Gertrudis In
the 1920's and 1930's, the King Ranch at
Kingsville, Texas, crossed Shorthorns and
Brahmans to develop the Santa Gertrudis. |
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 Texas
Longhorn The
only American cattle breed to develop its
characteristics without the benefit of
human intervention, the Texas Longhorn
arose from ancestors that were the first
cattle to arrive in America. |
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