1. Agriscience Applications Kevin Bradley
Animal Science
Agriscience Applications
Kevin Bradley

2. Overview
Beef
Dairy
Pork
Poultry

3. Beef Cattle Three Breeds English Exotic American Most Popular
Have leaner meat
American
Good for American Climate (heat and pests)

4. English Breed Characteristics
medium size
Gentle
Good meat

5. English Breeds Hereford Angus Shorthorn Red body with a white face
black color and a stocky body
Shorthorn
red, white body color; or any combination

6. (Polled) Hereford

7. Angus

8. Shorthorn

9. Characteristics of Exotic Breeds
Calves grow faster than English breeds
Leaner meat

10. Exotic Breeds
Charolais
Limousine
Simmental

11. Charolais

12. Limousin

13. Simmental

14. American Breed Characteristics
Tolerant to Heat
Tolerant to Parasites (BUGS)
Use Brahman breed to get them

15. American Breeds
Brangus
Beefmaster

16. Brangus

17. Beefmaster

18. Dairy 90% of US dairy are Holstein
Chick-fil-a cow
Black and white marking
Other breeds are Guernsey, Jersey, and Ayrshire

19. Holstein

20. Jersey

21. Guernsey

22. Ayrshire

23. Pork Industry has changed Used to be fat “LARD” type hogs
Now have lean “Meat” type hogs

24. Pork Purebred producers make HIGH QUALITY boars:
They breed crossbred sows to improve GENETICS
Gives HYBRID VIGOR
Mean a good variety

25. Pork
Popular Breeds
Duroc
Yorkshire
Hampshire

26. Duroc

27. Yorkshire

28. Hampshire

29. Poultry Chickens Layers Broilers White Leghorn
Grown for meat (many popular breeds)

30. Poultry Bantam is another class Miniture versions of standard breeds
Used mainly for show

31. Poultry
Turkeys
90% of commercial turkeys are
Broad Breasted Whites

32. White Leghorn

33. Broad Breasted White