1. Major Breeds of Beef, Swine, and Poultry
Unit A: Introduction to Animal Science

2. Beef Cattle Breeds Angus Black Polled Originates from Scotland
Most registered Breed in US
Good carcass quality

3. Angus

4. Hereford Red with white face Not polled Originates from England
Docile Breed
Good foragers

5. Hereford

6. Charolais
White
Not polled
Originates from France
Large animal

7. Charolais

8. Brahman Can come in many colors: Light gray, black, red, white
Originates from India
Animal has a hump, loose dewlap
Resistant to insects
Heat tolerant

9. Brahman

10. Other breeds
Shorthorn, Polled Herefords, Chianina, Gilbvieh, Limousin, Texas Longhorn

11. Swine Breeds
American Landrace
Duroc
Hampshire
Yorkshire
Others

12. American Landrace White Long body Droopy ears
Tends to have large litters
Good mothering ability
Originated in Denmark

13. American Landrace

14. Duroc
Red
Drooped ears
High Growth rate and feed conversion

15. Duroc

16. Hampshire Black with White belt (oreo pig) Erect ears Muscle leanness
Carcass leanness

17. Hampshire

18. Yorkshire White Erect ears Tends to have large litters
Good mothering ability
High feed efficiency, growth rate
Long carcasses

19. Yorkshire

20. Other Swine Breeds Poland China Spotted Swine Tamworth Berkshire
Chester White

21. Poultry White Leghorn Plymouth Rock Rhode Island Red
Broadbreasted Bronze Turkey
Broadbreasted White Turkey
Beltsville Small White Turkey

22. White Leghorn
White
Lay white eggs
Known for egg laying ability

23. White Leghorn

24. Plymouth Rock
White and Black
Broiler
Known for it’s meat

25. Rhode Island Red
Red
Lay brown eggs
Known as a good dual purpose bird

26. Rhode Island Red

27. Turkeys
Broadbreasted Bronze

28. Turkeys
Broadbreasted White
Turkey you eat at Thanksgiving

29. Turkeys Beltsville Small White
New breed due to decreasing family size.