Animal Science Picture Booklet

By Mikaela Maines Animal Science 1

9/23/15

Angus Beef CattleOrigin:

Scotland

Characteristics: polled, most

registered breed of cattle, high carcass quality

Use: beef production

Color: black and red (black is main color)

Hereford Beef Cattle

Origin: England and Wales

Characteristics: have red bodies, white

faces, highly adaptable, not very massive or muscular, horned and polled

Use: docile, really good meat, good foragers

Color: red and white

Charolais Beef Cattle

Origin: west-central to southeastern

France

Color: white, sometimes a straw color

Characteristics: larger structured animals, horned

Uses: beef

Brahman Beef Cattle

Origin: IndiaColor: light grey to red to close

to black

Characteristics: big floppy ears, loose dewlap,

hump, most are horned

Uses: beef, resistant to insects, tolerant to heat

Simmental Beef CattleOrigin: dates back to the Middle ages; Simmental, Switzerland

Color: brown and white

Characteristics: larger framed,

no set color pattern, polled

Uses: can be pet-like, rapidly

growing

Shorthorn Beef Cattle

Origin: Northern England

Color: white, roan,

and redCharacteristics: moderate frame,

horned

Uses: well known for their beef; originally bred for meat and milk

Santa Gertrudis Beef Cattle

Origin: Texas, USA

Characteristics: Brahman & a Shorthorn cross, hump,

handles heat well

Uses: good beefColor: deep

cherry red

Gelbvieh Beef Cattle

Origin: Bavaria, Germany Color: brown,

can also be black; normally a reddish-yellow

Characteristics: polled or horned, medium sized, good carcass, good milk

Uses: meat

Limousin Beef Cattle

Origin: France

Color: rich gold color with white circles around

the eyes and muzzle; reddish brown with

yellow hairs

Characteristics: polled

Uses: lean meat

Texas Longhorn Beef Cattle

Origin: Spanish cattle descent

Color: color varies

Characteristics: long horns, average weight and height,

thrive in subtropical environments Uses: lean meat,

decoration

Holstein Dairy CattleOrigin: Netherlands

Color: black and white or black and red

Characteristics: black and white markings, largest framed dairy cattle

Uses: milk, can also be used for meat

Jersey Dairy CattleOrigin: Isle of Jersey,

off the coast of FranceUses: milk is high in butter fat

Color: light gray or mouse color to a very dark fawn

or a shade that is almost black

Characteristics: get injured easily, smallest

in size, produce 13 times their body weight

Ayrshire Dairy Cattle

Origin: Ayr, ScotlandColor: white bodies

with cherry red spots Characteristics:

horned, but usually dehorned as calves

Uses: milk production

Guernsey Dairy Cattle

Origin: Isle of Guernsey,

off the coast of France

Color: fawn to red color with white markings

Characteristics: most are horned, golden milk color, 2nd most

registered cattle

Uses: milk

Brown Swiss Dairy Cattle

Origin: Switzerland

Color: gray to light brown color with

black points

Characteristics: oldest dairy breed, live the longest,

high heat tolerance, produce 2nd most amount of milk, developed

dark blue eyes to block solar radiation

Uses: milk

American Landrace SwineOrigin: New ZealandColor: white

Characteristics: medium- large body size, droopy

ears, health is not that good, eat a lot of food, arched back

Uses: good for meat, good mothering

abilities

Duroc Swine

Origin: New York and New

Jersey cross

Color: red

Characteristics: droopy ears, known for genetics, high

growth rate

Uses: meat

Hampshire Swine

Origin: southern Scotland and Northern EnglandColor: black with a

white belt

Characteristics: white belt covering the front legs and feet, erect ears, large in size, lean meat, heavily muscled, 4th most registered

breed in the US

Uses: used as the sire of cross bred pigs for

the pork & manufacturing markets in the US and other

countries

Yorkshire SwineOrigin: Yorkshire,

EnglandColor: white

Characteristics: straight back, erect ears, noted for good

mothering, long body

Uses: meat

Poland China SwineOrigin: Ohio, USA in Warren county

Color: normally black in color, with 6 white

patches on their feet and face

Characteristics: 48 teeth when full grown; 28 fall out at 12 months old, medium to large in size, floppy ears, gain weight easily, 16-17 piglets in a liter,

oldest breed of swine to have originated in US, life span is 6-10 years

Uses: bred for size & good travelers, meat

Spotted Swine

Origin: Indiana, USA

Color: mostly white

in color

Characteristics: good feeders, mature early, erect ears

Uses: high

quality meat

Tamworth Swine

Origin: central England

Color: red- brown color

Characteristics: long heads; long, lean, and athletic, legs

are long and strong, erect ears

Uses: produces the best bacon, endangered of

being extinct

walk long distances, sows and piglets live together

in groups called sounders, boars live in groups called bachelor

one of the oldest pure breeds of swine around

long snouts, efficient foragers, don’t get sunburnt easily

Berkshire SwineOrigin: dates back to

1600s; County Berkshire in southern England

Color: black with white points

(legs, face,tail)

Characteristics: erect ears, short neck, short

blocky legs, strong feet, firm body,

upturned nose, muscular

Uses: used for meat such as tender loin, genetic purity, good eating

quality

Chester White Swine

Color: white

Origin: Chester county, PA

Characteristics: droopy ears, noted for mothering ability

Uses: only used for meat; produces more meat than

other swine

White Leghorn PoultryColor: white plumage,

egg shell color is white

Characteristics: small in size

Origin: Italy

Use: laying eggs

Rhode Island Red Poultry

Origin: Massachusetts and Rhode Island

Color: skin color is yellow, egg shell color is brown,

dark red plumageCharacteristics: males are

aggressive, probably the best egg layers of the dual purpose breeds, long

bodies Uses: dual-purpose for meat and laying eggs, laying 150-200 per year

New Hampshire PoultryOrigin: Massachusetts and New Hampshire

Use: a dual purpose chicken, selected more for meat than

egg productionColor: red plumage,

yellow skin color, egg shell color is brown, pinfeathers are a reddish color

Characteristics: deep, broad body; feathers grow rapidly; prone to go broody and make good mothers

medium to light red

Plymouth Rock PoultryOrigin: America

Color: skin color is yellow, egg shell color is brown,

white plumageCharacteristics: usually good mothers, docile,

good general farm chicken, long broad back, deep full breast, tame quite easily

Uses: lays eggs

Broad Breasted White TurkeyColor: white plumage,

white pinfeathers

Characteristics: shanks, feet, and beak is white to pink; pinfeathers

increases value of carcass survive better in hotter climates; good body conformation but smaller than other breeds

Origin: White Holland and Broad Breasted

Bronze cross Uses: meat

Broad Breasted Bronze Turkey

Origin: North America

Color: black plumage, dark colored pinfeathers,

largest of the turkey varieties

Characteristics: males are not good breeders, poor fertility and reproduction problems

Use: meat

Beltsville Small Whites Turkey

Characteristics: similar to Broad Breasted Whites, averages about 10 lb. less in mature body weight

Origin: developed by USDA (United

States Department of Agriculture

Uses: meat

Color: white plumage