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What is a breed?
animal of a common origin with characteristics that distinguish them from other groups within same species
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What is a crossbred animal?
animal produced by crossing 2 or more breeds
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What is a purebred?
100% decent or acceptable representation of a breed, pure blood
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What is a commercial breed?
purebreds or crossbreds, not registered
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What is composite?
breed made up of 3 or more breeds
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What is CASH
Charlois, Angus, Shorthorn, Hereford
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Describe Angus.
- black hided and polled
- from Aberdine, Scotland
- maternal
- high IMF
- CAB: Certified Angus Beef
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Describe a hereford.
- horned and polled
- red body, white face
- efficient, low maintenance
- eye pigmentation: necessary to prevent eye cancer
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Describe a simmental.
- triple purple: beef, milk and draft
- from Simme Vally, Switzerland
- originally called Fleck V's
- maternal
- high maintenance
- use to be red and white: change to black from CAB
- have poor structural soundness
- bigger bone and foot circumference
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Descrive a Red Angus.
- high IMF
- 1st breed to use performance testing: EPD
- red, came from black, recessive gene
- maternal
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Describe a Limousin
- terminal breed
- lim-flex breed (registerable: Angus x Limousin)
- black and red color
- low vertility
- big ribeye area
- volatile temperament
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Describe a Charolais
- from France
- solid white
- late maturing cattle
- grow fast but don't grade well
- increasing IMF
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Describe a Gelbvieh.
- from Germany
- traditional rust red color, changed to black
- fertile
- efficient
- Balancer: gelbvieh x angus--> 1st crossbred
- early maturing
- higher sheer force value - less tender
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Describe a Brangus.
- developed in US
- 3/8 Brahman and 5/8 Angus
- hardy
- maternal
- disease resistant
- more skin and bigger ears
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Describe a Beefmaster.
- Brahman, Hereford, Shorthhorn
- developed in US where CSU made contributions
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Describe a Shorthorn.
- red, red/white, white, roan
- Maternal
- dual purpose: milk and meat
- associated with meat and dairy industries
- common show ring breed
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Describe a Brahman.
- "ear"
- skin folds
- hump
- white/steel color, red
- survive in hot places
- disease resistance
- sexually late maturing
- from India
- can cross with Angus and Hereford
- low quality grade
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What industry rarely sees crossbreeding?
Dairy
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Describe a Holstein.
- #1 milk production
- #1 beef producing breed in US
- black and white
- fresion cattle: originially known
- soundness issues
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Describe a Jersey.
- don't have as much milk
- higher butterfat levels
- light brown color, dark points
- smaller frame size
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Describe a Brown Swiss.
- From Switzerland
- have a brown mousy color
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Describe a Guernsey.
- higher concentration of beta carotene: a precursor to vitamin A
- red, white, brindle, fawn color
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Describe an Ayrshire.
have good utter conformation
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Describe a milking shorthorn.
- dual purpose
- white, red and roan
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Other names for a ram breed
- meat breed
- black faced breed
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other names for a wool breed.
- ewe breed
- white faced breed
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characteristics of a sheep breed
- wool
- color of face
- size
- horned or pulled
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Describe a corriedale.
- ewe breed
- white in terms of wool
- from New Zealand
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Describe a Finnsheep
- ewe breed
- prolific:multiple offspring
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Describe a merino.
- from Spain, spanish merinos
- highest quality wool
- SRS: Soft rolling skin
- ewe breed
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Describe a Rambouillet.
- CAM the ram
- France breed
- spanish merino decent
- not as fine but still super fine
- flocking ability
- ewe breed
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Describe a Targhee
- ewe breed
- developed in US at research service in Idaho
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Describe a Hampshire.
- ram breed
- muscular
- grow fast
- wool cap
- wool on legs
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Describe an Oxford.
- ram breed
- look like hampshires
- puffball on head
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Describe a Shropshire.
- ram breed
- look like hampshire and oxford
- small framed
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Describe a Southdown.
- oldest breed registry in USA
- small breed
- ram breed
- have short ears with wool on them
- grey mousy face
- low maintenance
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Describe a Suffolk
- ram breed
- most popular breed in US
- black faced
- large framed
- big muscled
- good carcass
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Describe a Columbia.
- dual purpose
- white chalky face, white body
- created in US
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Describe a Dorset.
- dual purpose breed
- breed out of season
- horned and polled
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Describe a Lincoln.
- dual purpose breed
- long wool breed
- coarse fibered
- carpet type material
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Describe a Dorper.
- dual purpose breed
- hair sheep, not a goat
- muscle
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