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Angus | Red Angus | Polled Hereford | Hereford | Shorthorn
A breed of livestock or poultry is a group of animals that result from breeding and selection and that have distinguishable characteristics. Breeds have developed to provide increased production
(meat, milk, eggs and/or wool) in a given environment.
Angus
- Scotland
- Black
- Naturally polled
- Moderate size
- Excellent marbling
- Early compositional maturity
- Excellent maternal breed
- Easy fleshing
- Good milk production
- Early maturing sexually
- Largest number of annual registrations in the U.S.
Red Angus
- United States
- Red
- Naturally polled
- Moderate size
- Excellent marbling
- Early compositional maturity
- Excellent maternal breed
- Easy fleshing
- Good milk production
- Early maturing sexually
- Developed from a recessive gene found in black angus cattle
Polled Hereford
- United States
- Red with white face, white underline, legs, switch, etc.
- Moderate size
- Adaptable to many environments
- Good disposition
- Low to moderate milk
- Relatively early maturing
- Poorest marbling
- Average to below average muscle
- Naturally hornless
- Developed from Hereford cattle with mutated gene
Hereford
- England
- Red with white face, white underline, legs, switch, etc.
- Moderate size
- Adaptable to many environments
- Good disposition
- Low to moderate milk
- Relatively early maturing
- Poorest marbling
- Average to below average muscle
- U.S. registry of polled Hereford and Hereford merged in 1995
- 2nd largest annual registrations in U.S.
Shorthorn
- England
- Moderate size
- Good size
- Good disposition
- Excellent milk production
- Has appendix registry program which allows outside genetics to be introduced (ex: Maine Anjou)
- Three major colors
- Red
- White
- Roan