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Horse and Cattle Breeds
Test over Horse and Cattle Breeds
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Agriculture
Undergraduate 1
02/12/2014

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Appaloosa

 

White Skin around eyes

Blotchy coat color

Black and White vertical striping on hooves

White blanket over hip

 

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Oldest Color Breed

HQ in Tulsa OK

Tan color, black skin, white mane and tail

 

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Arabian

Curved Neck, dished face

From desert area of far east

Oldest Breed

Quick, runs a lot, spirited, stamina

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Thoroughbred

England

Arabian background

in the KY Derby

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Morgan 

Arabian Background

From New England State

All come from one stallion bred by Justin Morgan

Thoroughbred X Arabian

inbred problems 

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American Saddlebred

 

Made for when horse was common for travel

 

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Standardbred 

 

standard for speed 

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Tennesse Walker

 

has its own special gait

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Percheron

 

France 

No leg feathering 

Draft Horse

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Clydesdale 

 

Draft horse

Scotland 

Feathered legs

Can be Bay or Sorrell 

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Belgian

 

Belgium

Most Massive 

Sorrell or Roan

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Shire

 

England 

Tallest

Black , some bay and brown

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Suffolk 

 

England 

Chestnut no black 

draft 

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Welsh

 

Pony 

Wales 

Bred for coal mines 

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Pony of America

 

Iowa 

Shetland X Appaloosa 

 

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Shetland 

 

Pony 

Shetland Island, Scotland 

short tempered

 

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Minature

 

circus

good tempered

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Paso Fino

 

lateral gait

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Lippizzan

 

 

 

"airs above ground"

Gray, lightens with age 

Austrain Stud 

 

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Shorthorn

 

British Breed

 

Scotland and Britain

horned or polled

Good Breeders 

Poor Carcasses 

Low Fertility

 

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Hereford 

 

Herfordshire, England

British Breed

Low milk and metabolism

High fertility

low marbeling 

prone to pinkeye

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Angus

 

Aberdeen, Scotland

Polled 

Good marbeling, carcuss, milking, mothering

cold tolerant

Twisted Spine

 

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Galloway

Galloway, Scotland

Long Shaggy Coat

Does well in Winter

Black, white, Red, Belted (oreo)

Few In US

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Scotch Highland

Scotch Highlands

Golden Shaggy Hair

Good in harsh weather

 

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Red Poll

Suffolk and Norfolk

few in US

Red and Polled

Carcass is TOO FAT

Popularity declines when we discover Cholesterol 

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South Devon

Devon, England

Largest British Breed

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Charolais 

France

White NO black

Typically Horned

Meaty Carcass

Low milker, trouble birthing

low fertility

genetic defects

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Limousin

France

"small charolais" has same problems

Golden Red Coat cross breeding led to Black Coat

Ideal Butcher animal, meaty carcass

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Simmental

Simmie Valley Switzerland 

Pie Rouge

Red and white no distinct pattern

Horn or Polled

cross breeding led to black coat

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Chianina 

Italy

White with Black Points

Tallest breed in the world 

Mainly used for cross breeding b.c it's too big

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Maine Anjou

France

Red with White markings

very large

Poor udders

low fertility

lethargic

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Pinzgauer

Germany 

Chestnut - stripes, white top and underline

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Gelbvieh

Germany and Austria

Golden Color

Dual Purpose 

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Tarentaise
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Belgian Blue

 

Belgium

Blue Gray color

3/100 are white

thickest muscled

Double Muscling 

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Piedmontese

 

Italy

White with maybe black points

Thick muscling

Good marbling 

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Braunvieh

 

German

Dariy Counterpart (brown swiss)

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Brahman

 

India

Hump with meat and fat

Droopy Ears

Dewlap (neck skin)

slow reproductivity and growing 

insect resistent

heat tolerant - many sweat glands

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Santa Gertrudis

 

King Ranch Kingsville, TX

5/8 Shorthorn, 3/8 Braham

Solid Red

Mostly Horned

Hot climate, fast growing, meat isn't tender, low uniformity

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Santa Cruz

 

King Ranch TX

5/16 Short horn, 3/16 Braham, 1/4 Red Angus, 1/4 Gelbieh

Improved tenderness, reproductivity, variablitly 

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Brangus

 

OK & TX

5/8 Angus 3/8 Braham

Red or Black

Polled

good with heat, insects

great quality

Bad in cold

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Braford

 

FL

Herford and Braham cross

Red with white face and red around eyes

 

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Beefmaster

 

Tom Lasater from OK

Strict Culling

Dystocia - difficult birthing

Light weaning

any color pattern

 

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Simbrah

 

Simmental X Braham

Most successful temp

simmental coloring & twinning problem

not good milking

attitude issues

 

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Brahamousin

 

5/8 Limousin 3/8 Braham

Sire must be registered

 

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Chiangus 

 

Chinina X Angus

Black

No Braham 

 

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Minature Cattle 

 

Portion Control

Angus, jeresey, hereford, zebu

 

Term

Horse Breed Type

Middle Weight

Europe

Definition
Warm Bloods
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Refined light saddle Horse

Improved Genetic lines 

Definition
Hot Bloods
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Work/Draft Horse

Very large and strong 

Definition
Cold Breed
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Bay
Definition
Black Ears, tail, les, mane
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Gray
Definition
Black Skin, white and gray hair
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Steel Gray
Definition
Lighten with age
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Dapple
Definition
Mixture of gray and white or anything
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White
Definition

Rare

pink skin

hazle eyes

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Chestnut/Sorrell
Definition

Reddish Brown

mane legs tails and ears same color

can have white markings

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Buckskin
Definition
Light colored body with black points
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Palomina
Definition
BLOND
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Roan
Definition
White hairs interspersed (mostly red)
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Natural Gait
Definition

4 beat lateral

slowest

 

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Trot
Definition
2 Beat Diagonal
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Pace
Definition
2 Beat lateral
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Canter
Definition
3 Beat
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Gallop/Rut
Definition

Fastest

4 Beat Gait, all independent 

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Running Gait
Definition

Artificial

4 beat

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Rack
Definition

4 beat

bring legs up flashily 

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Stallion
Definition
Sexually Mature Male
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Colt
Definition
Sexually immature male
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Gelding
Definition
Male horse Castrated
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Mare
Definition
Sexually Mature female
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Filly
Definition
Sexually Immature female
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Foal
Definition
young horse birth 4-6 months
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Jack
Definition
Male Donkey
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Jenny
Definition

 

Female donkey

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Mule
Definition
Offspring of mare and jack
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Hinny
Definition
Baby of a jenny and stallion
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Hand
Definition

measures height of horses

about 4 inches 

 

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Overo
Definition

Jagged white spots

no white on back

at least one white leg

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Tovero
Definition
combo of Overo and Tobiano
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Tobiano
Definition

Oval shaped spots

smoother white on back

white legs

often white mane or tail

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American Paint House

 

 

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Estrus
Definition

Standing Heat

can be bred with

is ovulating and cycling

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Estrous
Definition
The Entire female reproductive system
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Holstien

 

Largest

highest milk

lowest butterfat (but highest as a breed)

Largest number in the US

More of 80 percent of milk comes from this breed

there are red and whites

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Jersey

 

Jersey Island, Great Britain

fawn colored (tan) black points

smallest and lowest total milk production

highest butterfat percentage

Cheese Production

Crossbred with Holstein

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Guernsey

 

Guernsey Island

Larger than the Jersey

2nd in butterfat percentage

light red and white

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Brown Swiss 

 

Switzerland

Blackish and Brown with light lips

2nd largest and 2nd milk production

intermediate butterfat

thickest muscled milk

has a beef counterpart

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Ayrshire

 

Scotland

Mahogany and white spotted

intermediate

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Milking Shorthorn

 

England

Roan (light and dark interspersed)

Lowest in milk and butterfat

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Milking Devon

 

Devonshire, England

among lowest in milking and butterfat

horns

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