11-578: The American Angus is an American breed of beef cattle . It derives from the Scottish Aberdeen Angus population, but may only be black; red-coated individuals may not be registered with the American Angus Association, but can be registered as Red Angus . Some stock of the Scottish Aberdeen Angus breed was exported to Montreal , Canada, in about 1859, but nothing more is known of it. The earliest import to
22-455: A khainag (хайнаг). There is also the English language portmanteau term of yattle , a combination of the words yak and cattle, as well as yakow , a combination of the words yak and cow. Dzomo are fertile (or, fecund ) while dzo are sterile . As they are a product of the hybrid genetic phenomenon of heterosis (hybrid vigor), they are larger and stronger than yak or cattle from
33-460: A quality mark of the American Angus Association; provenance from purebred American Angus cattle is not a requirement. Bulls have been used as sires for crossbreeding ; the cross with Herefords gives rise to the Black Baldy , which displays hybrid vigor and the dominant characteristics of both breeds – it is polled , with a black coat and white face. The American Angus has contributed to
44-584: The Dwarf Lulu cattle of the mountains of Nepal with yak blood, the Beefalo of North America with bison genes, the Selembu breed of India and Bhutan with gayal genes. The Madura breed of Indonesia may have banteng in its parentage. In addition to these fertile hybrids, there are sterile hybrids such as the male Dzo of Nepal, a cattle-yak hybrid which is bred for agricultural work - like
55-405: The mule and the hinny , they have to be continually bred from both of the parent species. Dzo A dzo (also spelled zo , zho and dzho , Standard Tibetan : མཛོ་ , romanized: mdzo ) is a hybrid between the yak and domestic cattle . The word dzo technically refers to a male hybrid, while a female is known as a dzomo or zhom . In Mongolian , it is called
66-625: The United States was in 1873, when a Scottish landowner named George Grant brought some to his settlement at Victoria, Kansas , where they were cross-bred with his Texas Longhorn stock. Further imports to the United States of some 1200 head were made from 1878 to 1883. In that year a breed association , the American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association, was established with 60 members in Chicago, Illinois ;
77-575: The creation of various hybrid breeds including the Amerifax . List of cattle breeds Over 1000 breeds of cattle are recognized worldwide, some of which adapted to the local climate , others which were bred by humans for specialized uses. Cattle breeds fall into two main types, which are regarded as either two closely related species , or two subspecies of one species. Bos indicus (or Bos taurus indicus ) cattle, commonly called zebu, are adapted to hot climates and originated in
88-472: The most numerous beef breed of the United States. In 2021 the conservation status of the breed was reported to DAD-IS as "not at risk". The American Angus is a beef breed, and is reared only for that purpose. Comparative trials have not identified any commercially-significant difference between it and the Red Angus. Since 1978, beef meeting certain criteria may be marketed as "Certified Angus Beef",
99-551: The name was shortened to American Angus Association in the 1950s. Until 1917 both black and red cattle could be registered in the herdbook of the association. Thereafter, red-coated individuals were barred from registration; since 1954 they have been registered by the Red Angus Association of America as Red Angus . The American Angus population in 2010 numbered about 320 000 head, with almost 300 000 breeding cows and over 22 000 registered bulls, making it
110-448: The region. In Mongolia and Tibet, khainags are thought to be more productive than cattle or yaks in terms of both milk and meat production. Dzomo can be back crossed . As a result, many supposedly pure yak or pure cattle probably carry each other's genetic material. In Mongolia , the result of a khainag crossed with either a domestic bull or yak bull is called ortoom (ортоом, three-quarter-bred) and an ortoom crossed with
121-538: The tropical parts of the world such as India, Sub-saharan Africa, China, and Southeast Asia. Bos taurus (or Bos taurus taurus ), typically referred to as "taurine" cattle, are generally adapted to cooler climates and include almost all cattle breeds originating from Europe and northern Asia. In some parts of the world further species of cattle are found (both as wild and domesticated animals), and some of these are related so closely to taurine and indicus cattle that interspecies hybrids have been bred. Examples include
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