1. What is it? http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/

2. Livestock Terms and Breeds

3. Objectives
List Sex terms of Beef, Sheep, Swine, Horses, and Chickens and what each means.
List Common External Anatomy terms between Beef, Sheep and Swine.
Compare different names for common structures.
Analyze species-specific terms and what they mean.
Compare breeds of Beef, Sheep and Swine.

4. Objectives (con’t)
Prepare group oral report on “What Breed is Best” for class presentation.

5. Animal Sex Terms
Beef
Sheep
Swine
Horses
Chickens

6. Beef Bull - mature male Cow - mature female with one calf
Heifer - female that has not calved yet
Steer - castrated male prior to puberty
Stag - castrated male after puberty
Calf - young beef animal

7. Sheep Ram/Buck - mature male Ewe - female, prior to and after lambing
Wether - castrated male prior to puberty
Stag - castrated male after puberty
Lamb - young sheep

8. Swine Boar - mature male Sow - mature female after farrowing
Barrow - castrated male prior to puberty
Stag - castrated male after puberty
Gilt - female prior to farrowing
Pig(let) -young pig

9. Horses Stallion - mature male Mare - mature female after foaling
Gelding - castrated male
Filly - female prior to foaling
Colt - male, uncastrated, up to 3 yrs. old
Foal - young horse

10. Chickens Cock/rooster - mature male Hen - mature female
Cockerel - young male prior to puberty
Capon - castrated male prior to puberty
Pullet - young female prior to laying
Chick - young chicken

11. Activity
Take 1-2 note cards and write the terms for each species on each with their definition.
You can use these to study for the matching portion of the test.

12. External Anatomy
Beef Main Terms:Loin, Rump, Tail head, Stifle, Brisket, Rib, Quarter, Rear flank, Forearm, Hook, Pin, Round, Loin, Rib, Flank, Plate, Chuck, Brisket, Shank
Sheep Main Terms:Rump, Loin, Back (Rack), Shoulder, Leg, Rear flank, Fore flank, Breast, Leg, Breast, Loin, Rack, Shoulder, Shank
Swine Main Terms: Shoulder, Loin, Rump, Ham, Rear flank, Fore flank, Jowl, Boston Butt, Loin, Ham, Jowl, Picnic Shoulder, Spare Ribs, Belly

13. Beef

14. Beef

15. Sheep

16. Sheep

17. Swine

18. Swine

19. Beef Breeds Angus Hereford Shorthorn Charolais Limousin Simmental
Gelbvieh
Brahman
Brangus
Note: the following pictures have been borrowed from this website:

20. British - Angus Black, Polled High Quality Carcass Early Maturity
Good Maternally

21. Hereford
Polled or horned
Good temperament
Hardy
Low milk production

22. Shorthorn
Red, White, Roan
Polled/Horned
Good milk production

23. Continental - Charolais
White
Heavy muscling
Fast growth
Horned/Polled
Hard to breed to grades (Choice to Prime)

24. Limousin
Semi-Golden
Good muscling
Trim
Polled/Horned

25. Simmental Red, White, Yellow, Black, Brown Polled/Horned
Dual Purpose breed (milk and meat production)

26. Gelbvieh Golden, Brown Tripurpose (milk, meat, draft)
Oxen : 4-5 year old Steers used for work

27. Exotic - Brahman (Bos indicus)
Heat Tolerant
Temperamental
Tropical Breed (West Indies)

28. American/Improved - Brangus
Black
Polled
3/8 Brahman
5/8 Angus
Popular in arid regions (Texas, U.S. southwest)

29. Sheep Breeds
Suffolk
Dorset
Hampshire
Rambouillet
Lincoln

30. Suffolk - #1 Breed in VA Large, with short wool
Ram breed (tall, meaty, good carcass)
Droopy ears

31. Dorset - #2 Breed in VA Medium length wool Dual Breed (milking, meat)
White, Horizontal ears
Small wool cap
Horned/Polled

32. Hampshire - #3 Breed in VA
Medium Length wool
Ram Breed
Black face, white wool
Large Droopy ears
Prone to wool blindness

33. Rambouillet Ewe breed (Maternal) Good herding instinct Large and hardy
White, small horizontal ears
Rams horned
Medium length wool
Large wool cap

34. Lincoln Dual purpose breed (Wool and Meat) Black nose Small wool cap
Long wool
Erect ears
Fairly good carcass

35. Swine Breeds Yorkshire Landrace Chester White Duroc Hampshire
Berkshire
Spotted Swine or Spots

36. Yorkshire
Good Mothering
White
Erect Ears

37. Landrace
White
Long Floppy ears
Good Mothering

38. Chester White
White
Medium Droopy ears
Good Mothering

39. Duroc - #1 Meat Breed Red Good carcass Females - poor milking ability
Drooped ears

40. Hampshire
Black and white, belted
Good carcass
Erect ears
Poor libido

41. Berkshire From England
Large, meaty hog favorite of British Royals for centuries.
American Berkshire Association first swine registry in U.S.

42. Spotted Swine or Spots Black and white spots Droopy ears Aggressive
Originated in China

43. Activity
Group Presentations

44. Review Questions? Context for the future: Beef Breeds Dairy Breeds
Goat Breeds