PPT-AUTOCHTHONOUS CATTLE BREEDS IN CROATIA

TRENDS AND CHALLENGES IVANKOVIĆ Ante RAMLJAK Jelena Department of Animal Science and T echnology Faculty of Agricultur e Zagreb Croatia DAGENE International Association. Kail Wilkerson and MarkAnne Geary. Angus cattle . . Angus is a beef breed. They came from Scotland. Ranchers like them in the snowy places because they have black bags so they don’t get burnt.. Beefalo . Bos. Taurus. Genetics. DNA. - a double helix chain of nucleic acid in a cell that carries genetic and hereditary information. Chromosomes. – a strand of DNA that carries genes in linear order. Cattle carry 30 pairs of Chromosomes. Animal Science. Dairy Breeds and Selection. Dairy Breeds and Selection. Overview. Major Breeds of Dairy Cattle. Dairy Terms and Definitions. Parts of a Dairy Cow. Dairy Traits and Selection. Judging Contests. By: Holly Imhoff. Objectives:. The student will be able to;. Identify . 6 major breeds of cattle;. Discuss their taxonomy; . Classify them into their Genus and . Species;. Break them down into 3 divisions according to . Part 1. Objectives. Define terms used to describe dairy animals, and identify the parts of a dairy animal.. Compare and contrast the major breeds of dairy cattle.. Recognize the advantages and disadvantages of dairy production.. Each breed for each species has characteristics and attributes that make it popular in general and for specific purposes such as reproductive qualities versus meat qualities versus other production qualities.. Fall 2. nd. Period. Unit 3: Animal Evaluation. Physical Characteristics of Animals. Intact Males. More muscle. Larger in stature. Grow faster than females. Extra muscle in the neck area. Physical Characteristics of Animals. Ms. Sauceda. From Scotland. Medium size . Medium to dark red and white. Hardy and good grazers with good udders. Average Lactation is 305 days. 14,534 lbs. milk in one year. ARYSHIRE. BROWN SWISS. From Switzerland (Swiss Alps). Pre- test. Name as many Livestock animals as you can?. What is the Latin name for Cattle?. What is the Latin name for Horses?. What part of the animal do people eat?. Name one cattle disease?. Define Livestock. European cattle (. Bos. . taurus. ) are descendants of the ancient . Auroch. cattle that once roamed Europe; the last one was killed on a game preserve in the 1600’s.. Indian cattle (. Bos. . indicus. Introduction. The various kinds of livestock reared are of different types and breeds.. The term . types. of dairy cattle refer to the purpose of which the animal is kept.. For cattle, there are the breeds for milk, beef breeds for meat and dual purpose breeds for both milk and meat production.. Pukuma et al. 6209 Table 1. Prevalence rate of haemoparasites in relation to cattle breeds.Breeds No. examined No. infected B. bigemina T. parva Anaplasma T. vivax Adamawa gudali 434 193(4 FIGURE 2Cattle of Group IThe breeds classified in this Groupare lyre-horned gray animals with wide foreheads prominent orbital archesand a flat or dished-in profile They are deep bodied powerful draft Cattle belong to an ancient group of mammals, theCetartiodactyla, that first appeared around 60 million yearsago. Domesticated cattle (Bos taurusand Bos taurus indicus)diverged from a common ancestor