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Friday, November 17. 2006

Beef cattle #2: A few popular modern breeds

Our highly popular cattle-blogging series is close to the end, and the final exam will be coming soon. Don't miss out on the fun!

Most popular in the US is the Black Angus. This Scottish breed was brought to the US after the Civil War, and soon replaced the Shorthorns and Longhorns.

The white-faced Hereford, from Herfordshire, England, is the dominant beef breed in the western US. Herefords were not imported to the US in large numbers until after 1890. The hornless variety are Polled Herefords.

 The Charolais is often used to hybridize with Angus and Herefords:

 

Posted by Bird Dog in Natural History and Conservation at 06:12 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

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Our neighbors have the Herefords. As pets, they could not bear to eat them after raising them. They come when called, nuzzle you, just like two gigantic, expensive dogs. Will see if I can send you a shot of our equally useless retriever socializing with them. Yeah, you could castigate the neighbors as having more money than sense, but it is cool seeing the animals greet each other!
#1 retriever on 2006-11-18 06:27 (Reply)
dogs and cows - perfect together (?)
#2 bird dog on 2006-11-18 10:54 (Reply)

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