Untitled Flashcards

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What are the 2 types of cattle?

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beef and dairy

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what are the 3 meat breeds of cattle?

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british

continental, exotic,european

american,bos indicus

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what are the British breeds

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angus

hereford

polled hereford

red angus

shorthorn

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Angus

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black-dominant trait

naturally polled

excellent mothers and marbling

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hereford

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horned-recessive trait

docile

white face and underline

1 of 3 breeds with this trait

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polled Hereford

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mutation(naturally hornless)

good temper

good meat quality/marbling

early maturity

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red Angus

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recessive trait

can't be certified Angus beef

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shorthorn

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heaviest milkers

maternal breed

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what are the continental/exotic/european breeds

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charolais

chianina

limousin

maine anjou

simmental

texas longhorn

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charolais

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large

fast growing

white/off white in color(dominant color)