BREED PHYSICAL KEY FEATURES ADDITIONAL CHENEZ

CHARACTERISTICS
American - Modern Herefords - Superior Origin: Iowa
Polled minus the horns foraging
Herefords - White face, red ability, vigor, RELATED BREEDS:
body and hardiness. - Herefords
- Produces more
calves under
adverse
conditions.
- Popular for
producing
ability.
American - Have white to - Old breed Origin: Simmen Valley of
Simmental light straw faces, dating back to Switzerland
with red to dark Middle Ages
spotted bodies. - Produces
- With medium- carcass
sized horns without excess
- Large-bodied fats
- Thickly- muscled - Adaptable to
wide range of
climates.
- Known for
being docile
Angus - Black - Alert and Origin: Aberdeen, Scotland
- Smooth hair coat vigorous Official Name: Aberdeen-Angus
- Polled breed.
- Well-muscled - Produce Related Breeds: Red Angus (as
desirable the name suggest is red)
carcass of
high-quality,
well-marbled
meat.
Charolais - White to light - Well-adapted Origin: Charolles district, France
straw color with to many areas
pink skin. and are used
- Large, and heavy- for many
muscled cross-breeding
especially in the - Dual purpose
round and loin. for draft and
- Naturally horned meat
that are white,
slender, and
tapered.
Limousin - Yellow hair with - Noted for Origin: Limousin, France
lighter circles carcass
around the eyes leanness and
and muzzle. large loin area
- Head is small and - Named after
short with a broad the city where
forehead. it came from.
- Color ranges from
golden wheat to
deep red gold.
Brahman - Well-defined - Have more
hump developed
- Horn curve sweat glands
upward and than Bos
sometimes tilted taurus
to the rear. - Oil glands
- Droopy ears, have produce oil
sagging skin that repels
(throatlatch and insects.
dewlap) - Can stand heat
well, resistant
to cancer and
pinkeye
Devon / Ruby - Shade varies from - Calving - Mature bulls: 1700-2200
Reds rich deep red to a problems are lbs.
light red or a seldom - Mature cows: 950-1300
chestnut color. encountered. lbs.
- Hair is medium in - Noted for - Male calves: 75 lbs.
thickness and fertility - Heifer: 70 at birth but
often long and - Well- may range from 45-90
curly during developed lbs.
winter, shorter in heat-
summer. regulating
- Adequate size and mechanism
scale. - Efficient in
utilizing grass
and other
forage.
- Amazing
scrotum that
makes them
stay fertile

Galloway (aka - Smallest of the - Good Rustlers ORIGIN: Scotland

fury baby) beef breeds - Mature bull
- Polled, has short weighs : 1700-
legs, and is block 2300 lbs.
and compact. - Mature cow
- Long hair coat has weighs from
a dual purpose: 1,000-5,000
outer coat shreds lbs.
wind and rain, - Docile, and
under coat easy calvers.
provides
insulation and
waterproofing.
- Color ranges from
Black, red and
white and belted.
Shorthorn - Large, rectangular - Developed by
and well-muscled. a cross, from
- Color ranges from naturally
red to white and polled
all combinations, shorthorns.
such as roans

Scottish - Have a long, - Small but Origin: Scotland

Highland coarse outer coat, exceedingly
and a soft, thick hardy.
undercoat that - MAY BANGS
protects them SILA SO CUTE
from severe
weather
conditions.
- Colors: Black,
Brindle, light red,
red, silver and
yellow.
Maine-Anjou - Red in color, or - Largest breed ORIGIN: France
roan (red and developed in
white spots) France.
- Heavy muscled - Mature bulls:
- Prominent white 2200 to 3100
markings on head, lbs.
belly, rear legs - Mature cows:
and tail. 1500-1900 lbs.
Chianina - White with black - LARGEST cattle - Herds are used
on the tail. in the world. frequently crossbred.
- Skin pigment is - Noted for - Provides an outstanding
uniformly black. rapid growth, growth rate in offspring
- Bulls are often well-marbled, of these cross breeds
darker gray fine-textured -
around their front meat.
ends. - Legs are longer
- Have short horns than most
 that curve breeds. FACES
forward. are long and
- Well-defined straight.
MUSCLES
Murrey Grey - natural polls and - Calves are - Good mothers and
range in color small at birth. satisfactory reproductive
from silver to dark - Have small rates.
grey, with dark head and
skin pigmentation. bones.
- Gray reflects more - Known for
heat than dark rapid gains,
colors. Keeps superior
away certain eye carcasses, easy
and skin problems calving and
such as eye cancer docile
and sunburned dispositions
udders.
Santa - Large beef - (3/8) Brahman - Tolerates heat and insects
Gertrudis animals beef-type bulls well
- Deep cherry-red X beef-type - Steers are noted for their
colored. (5/8) weight for age.
- Have a high shorthorns - Noted on ability to
degree of heat - Beef animals achieve high weight gains
and tick - Noted for the on pasture and feedlots.
resistance. ability to make
- Ease of calving, large gains on
good mothering, grass.
abundant milk
supply.
- More little humps
Afrikander - Prominent hump - Have high - Yields carcass with low fat
- With droopy skin tolerance to cover.
in the throat area. heat. - Used in upgrading
- Red in color but - Satisfactorily indigenous cattle in
varies from light high level of tropical countries.
tan to deep red. fertility under - Shorthorn x Afrikander =
- Horns are white, harsh Bonsmara
with amber tips conditions. - Holstein X Afrikander =
- MATURE Drakensberger.
COWS: 1150-
1350 lbs.
- MATURE
BULLS: 2200-
1650 lbs
Gelbvieh - Red in color - Has superior - Polled cattle have been
- Strong skin fertility, calving developed in the United
pigmentation. ease, States from the use pf
mothering naturally hornless
ability and females.
growth rates
of calves.

Salers - Typically horned, - Noted for

dark mahogany calving ease,
red color. maternal
efficiency and
carcass merit.
BREED Physical Characteristics Key features Additional emez
Ayrshire - May be in any - Vigorous and have
shade of cherry excellent grazing
red. ability.
- Other colors are - Ranked third
mahogany, brown, among dairy
or mixed. breeds in

Holstein-Friesian (AKA - Large size ORIGIN: Northern

baka sa ads) - With black and Holland and Friesland
white spotted
markings that are
well-defined.

Brown swiss - Heavy boned and - Dual purpose Origin: Native to

thicker fleshed breed Switzerland
than other dairy - Good persistent
cattles. milkers
- Color varies from - Produces milk with
light brown or gray average butterfat
to dark shades of content
colors.

Guernsey - Fawn red, and - Hint of yellow yung ORIGIN: Guernsey,

white. milk becoz of high Channel Islands
- Mukhang Holstein- content of
friesian pero carotene,
brown ya know provitamin and
what I mean??? vitamin A
- Milk has high
butterfat and high
protein
- Reared for its milk
ONLY.
Jersey - Smoler - Highly productive ORIGIN: Jersey, Channel
- Has white cows, can give over Islands
eyespots in eye ten times their
area weight in milk per
- Have darker brown lactation.
color compared to - High in butterfat
swiss brown cattle (4.84%) and
(they look alike) protein (3.95%)
- SECOND most - Milk also has
common milker yellowish tinge
Milking Shorthorn - With batik batik - Average milk OTHER NAME: Dairy
pattern or paint- production is shorthorn in UK, Ireland,
splatter pattern about 7,000 kg AU and South AFRICA
(15,000 lbs.) with
annual lactation of
305 days.
- Milk contains 3.8%
butterfat and 3.3%
protein
Tharparkar - Shes just white I - Dual purpose ORIGIN: THarparkar
guess breed: For milking district in Sindh Province
- Have straight limbs and draught. Pakistan
- Strongly built - Gives 8-10 kg daily
- Good feet - 3000-3500 kg milk
- Noticeable hump annually with 5%
- Smol horns, if long fat in their milk.
lyre shaped.
Nagauri - She is also white *from internet ORIGIN: COMMON IN
- With hump INDIA
- Can have white - Dual purpose
and gray color breed
- Almost circle - much like the
shaped horns. tharparkar, have
- Have straight backs draught and milk
- well developed purpose
feet
WATER BUFFALO !!!

BREED Physical Characteristics Key features Additional emez

Ayrshire - May be in any - Vigorous and have
shade of cherry excellent grazing
red. ability.
- Other colors are - Ranked third
mahogany, brown, among dairy
or mixed. breeds in

Holstein-Friesian (AKA - Large size ORIGIN: Northern

baka sa ads) - With black and Holland and Friesland
white spotted
markings that are
well-defined.

Brown swiss - Heavy boned and - Dual purpose Origin: Native to

thicker fleshed breed Switzerland
than other dairy - Good persistent
cattles. milkers
- Color varies from - Produces milk with
light brown or gray average butterfat
to dark shades of content
colors.

Guernsey - Fawn red, and - Hint of yellow yung ORIGIN: Guernsey,

white. milk becoz of high Channel Islands
- Mukhang Holstein- content of
friesian pero carotene,
brown ya know provitamin and
what I mean??? vitamin A
- Milk has high
butterfat and high
protein
- Reared for its milk
ONLY.
Jersey - Smoler - Highly productive ORIGIN: Jersey, Channel
- Has white cows, can give over Islands
eyespots in eye ten times their
area weight in milk per
- Have darker brown lactation.
color compared to - High in butterfat
swiss brown cattle (4.84%) and
(they look alike) protein (3.95%)
- SECOND most - Milk also has
common milker yellowish tinge
Milking Shorthorn - With batik batik - Average milk OTHER NAME: Dairy
pattern or paint- production is shorthorn in UK, Ireland,
splatter pattern about 7,000 kg AU and South AFRICA
(15,000 lbs.) with
annual lactation of
305 days.
- Milk contains 3.8%
butterfat and 3.3%
protein
Tharparkar - Shes just white I - Dual purpose ORIGIN: THarparkar
guess breed: For milking district in Sindh Province
- Have straight limbs and draught. Pakistan
- Strongly built - Gives 8-10 kg daily
- Good feet - 3000-3500 kg milk
- Noticeable hump annually with 5%
- Smol horns, if long fat in their milk.
lyre shaped.
Bubalus Bubalis breeds

Breed IDENTIFYING Key features Additional shuverut

MARKERS
Anatolian Buffalo - Often has - Dairy and draft Raised in Turkey (as
white markings breed. the name suggests)
on the head
- Has sickle or
crescent-
shaped horns
- Usually dark
gray to black
- elongated body
Australian - Have more - Growth rates
Buffalo muscular body appear similar
- Horn has well- to those of
defined Brahman cross
crescent shaoe cattle.
- Fertility is
generally
excellent

Egyptian Buffalo - has a dark grey - Dual purpose: - VARIETIES

hide with lyre Draft and Milk include Baladi
or sword- production (lower Egypt)
shaped horns. and Saidi in
- Face is long upper Egypt)
- Hanging ears
- body is long
and set wide
by the ribs with
the rump
tilting
downward,
allowing for
the tail to be
set low.
Kundi - Solid Black - Milk type - Average
- Massive - The longevity weight at
animals od production maturity for
- Horns are is good male : 600kg
ssmall and - For female :
twisted 375 kg
“Kundi”
- Udder is large
and strong
Malaysian - Usually dark - Used primarily Originated from
grey and as draft Bubalis arnee
occasionally animals
white (?)
- Have cresent
horns

Murrah - Wedge-shaped - For milking

body purposes.
- Small head - With 300 days
- Long face and lactation
neck period.
- White marking - Dry period
on face and lasts for3
legs (not months
generally - Gestation
preffered) period about
- Short, tight 310 days.
horns, - Daily lactation
somewhat up to 14 – 15
flattened. litter.
- Should not - Elite Murrah
have whiteness Buffalo can
in the eye produce above
18 litter of milk
/day
Nili- Ravi - Black - Milk type - Longevity of
- Have white buffalo. production is
marking on the - Weight at good.
forehead, face, maturity: 800 - White
muzzle, and kg for male, markings
legs with the 525 for female. extending
white switch of - Have large above hock
a tail. strong udder and knee, and
- Have wedge over the neck
shape massive are not
frame considered as
- Small curly Nili- Ravi.
horns.
Pandharpuri - Long sword- - Famous for - Average body
shaped horns. reproductive weight of 450-
- Balck with ability 470 kg.
white marking producing calf
on forehead, every 12
legs or tail. months.
- Head is long - Yield 6-7 liters
and narrow of milk per day.
with prominent - Under good
nasal bone management,
can produce 15
liters of milk
per day.

Azeri / Caucasian Black in color, short - Dairy - Originated

horns growing performance: from Indo
backward Lactation Valley
duration 200- - . Height at
220 days, Milk withers of
Yield of 1200- adult female
1300 kg, Milk Is 133 cm
fat of 6.6% - body weight is
400-600 kg

Mediterranean - Black, black - Adult female - Originates

Buffalo and brown, weighs 450- from the
 dark grey coat. 6550 kg, Indian buffalo
- Horns are flat Lactation
at the bottom, duration of 270
backward, and days, Milk yield
slightly of 900-400 kg,
outwards and a milk fat
pointed. of 8%
- compact
conformation
with a deep
wide chest
- Well-
developed
pectoral
- Straight back

Jaffarabadi - The usual color - Average - The breed is

is black, but lactation rate is named after
few have grey 305 days, with the town
or white spots Ave. lactation Jaffarabad in
on the milk yield of India
forehand, feet, 2238.7kg and - Heaviest of all
and tail switch an ave. milk fat Indian breeds
are also seen of 7.68%
(rare) .
- The horns are
inclined to
droop on each
side of the
neck and then
turn up at the
tips, the curls
being not as
tight as in the
murrah breed.
Surti - Coat color - The milk yield - The breeding
varies from ranges from tract of this
rusty brown to 900 to 1300 kg breed is Kaira
silver grey. - .The age at first and Baroda
- Skin is black or calving 40-50 district of
brown. days. Gujarat, India
- Wedge-shaped - Intercalving
body period of 400-
- The head is 500 days
long with - The peculiarity
prominent of this breed is
eyes. very high fat
- The horns are percentage in
sickle shaped, milk (8-12 %)
moderately
long and flat
- The peculiarity
of the breed is
two white
collars, one
round the jaw
and the other
at the brisket
Philippine - Have low, wide, - Used for draft - Native to
Carabao and heavy and meat Philippines
build. purposes.
- Color vary from - Daily milk
light grey to production is
slate grey 1.45-2.64kg
- Horns are with Milkfat of
sickle-shaped 8-10%
or curve - Male carabao
backward. 500kg (ave.)
- Females 420 kg
(ave.)