Cattle Breeds- PDF Ebook

The Cattle Breeds ebook is a comprehensive guide to the different varieties of cattle. This 71 page ebook includes descriptions of the ideal uses for each breed and the origin.

Cow breeds can be broken up into four purpose types: Beef (meat), Dairy, Draft, and Multi-Purpose (Beef-Draft, Dairy-Draft, Beef-Dairy and Beef-Dairy-Draft).

Domesticated cattle have long played a vital role in human society. Historically they have provided humans with a source of meat, milk, leather, transport, entertainment, have been used as currency and trade, and served a role in the religions of some cultures.

Researchers have established that all domesticated cows we have today can be traced back to a single herd of just 80 head -from this small herd have come over 800 recognised cattle breeds, ranging in characteristics and purpose.

Over thousands of years humans have selected and specifically bred cattle for different traits in order to have them perform a variety of roles. There are well over 1 billion domestic cattle in the world today.
It’s likely that livestock played an important role in the development of human civilisation in many areas around the world. The domestication of livestock such as cattle meant humans could set up more stable settlements instead of having to move around for hunting and gathering purposes.

ISBN: 978-0-9925878-7-1

Pages: 71

Images: 67

Table of Contents

Credits

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
Domesticated cattle in human history
Why do we need different breeds of cattle?
Classification
The breeds
Breeds that tend to be used for beef production include
Breeds commonly used for dairy production include
Tropical breeds

CHAPTER 2 BEEF CATTLE BREEDS
Afrikander
American Brahman
Amerifax
Angus
Beefalo
Beefmaster
Braford
Brahman
Charolais
Chianina
Droughtmaster
Galloway
Greyman
Hereford
Limousin
Lowline
Murray Grey
Piedmontese
Poll Hereford
Red Angus
Salorn
Santa Gertrudis
Sussex
Tuli
Wagyu

CHAPTER 3 DAIRY CATTLE BREEDS
Angeln Cattle
Ayrshire
Blaarkop
Brown Swiss
Dutch Belted
Friesian
Guernsey
Holstein
Illawarra
Jersey
Kostroma
Milking Shorthorn
Murnau-Werdenfels
Norwegian Red
Pie Rouge des Plaines
Swedish Red

CHAPTER 4 DUAL PURPOSE AND OTHER CATTLE BREEDS
Abondance
Ankole Watusi
Dexter
Finncattle
Gelbvieh
Pinzgauer
Red Poll
Salers
Simmental
South Devon
Tswana
Welsh Black

APPENDIX

WHY YOU NEED TO READ THIS BOOK?

Different breeds have different characteristics, and depending upon what we want the cattle for, we may find greater benefit in one breed than another.

Today cow breeds can be broken up into four purpose types: Beef (meat), Dairy, Draft, and Multi-Purpose (Beef-Draft, Dairy-Draft, Beef-Dairy and Beef-Dairy-Draft). Many of the older breeds were breed as duel-purpose or multi-purpose cattle. Today we see most of the newer breeds specialise in one purpose, however they are more efficient at this specific purpose, i.e. beef cow breeds still produce milk but are nowhere near as efficient as the dairy cow breeds. They have a greater tolerance to ticks and parasites, 

Some breeds tolerate certain conditions better than others; while other breeds are more desirable because of the characteristics that are found in the milk or meat.

WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR?

• Farmers
• Students of Agriculture, veterinary or animal studies
• Animal breeders, cattle traders
• Anyone else working in the cattle industry