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Texas Longhorn
-Beef cattle with lean meat
-Various color with unique horns that may extend over 70 inches. |
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Texas Longhorn
-Beef cattle with lean meat
-Various color with unique horns that may extend over 70 inches. |
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Simmental
-Beef cattle
-Color varies – gold to red with white, white face |
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Simmental
-Beef cattle
-Color varies – gold to red with white, white face |
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Simmental
-Beef cattle
-Color varies – gold to red with white, white face |
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Limousin
-Beef cattle
-Highly muscled
-Red to gold with light tan underline, muzzle, and legs
-Small, short head with broad forehead
Short neck |
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Limousin
-Beef cattle
-Highly muscled
-Red to gold with light tan underline, muzzle, and legs
-Small, short head with broad forehead
Short neck |
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Jersey
-Dairy cattle
-Comes in all shades of brown
-The have a lighter band around their muzzle, a dark switch (long hair on the end of the tail), and black hooves. |
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Jersey
-Dairy cattle
-Comes in all shades of brown
-The have a lighter band around their muzzle, a dark switch (long hair on the end of the tail), and black hooves. |
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Holstein
-Dairy cattle (Highest milk production in the world)
-Black and white or red and white
-Largest of the dairy breeds |
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Holstein
-Dairy cattle (Highest milk production in the world)
-Black and white or red and white
-Largest of the dairy breeds |
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Hereford
-Beef cattle
-White faces and red bodies |
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Hereford
-Beef cattle
-White faces and red bodies |
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Guernsey
-Dairy cattle
-Fawn or red and white in color |
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Guernsey
-Dairy cattle
-Fawn or red and white in color |
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Brown Swiss
-Dairy cattle
-Light brown in color with a creamy white muzzle and dark nose, dark-blue eye pigmentation |
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Brown Swiss
-Dairy cattle
-Light brown in color with a creamy white muzzle and dark nose, dark-blue eye pigmentation |
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Brahman
-Beef cattle
-Distinguished by a humped back, long, drooping ears and loose skin.
-Like the camel, the Brahman stores food and water in the odd- looking hump on its back. |
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Angus
-Beef cattle
-Black Angus is most common in U.S.
-Solid black or red, smooth coat |
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Angus
-Beef cattle
-Black Angus is most common in U.S.
-Solid black or red, smooth coat |
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