ANSC 1401 BEEF CATTLE LATEST UPDATE 100% CORRECT

ANSC 1401 BEEF CATTLE LATEST UPDATE 100% CORRECT beef the meat from cattle other than veal and calves veal the meat from veal calves calf the meat from calves bull a sexually mature, unmastered, bovine male cow a sexually mature, bovine female first calf a term commonly used to indicate the first calf born to bovine females (most are at risk) freemartin a sterile heifer born twin to a bull calf (rare); about 90% will not conceive heifer a young female bovine before the time that she has produced her first calf heiferette female between 2 and 3 years of age that has calved once steer a male bovine castrated before reaching puberty feeder cattle bovine to be placed in a feedlot and fed a high concentrate diet slaughter cattle bovine to ready for slaughter to obtain meat and by-products (stockers become feeders and feeders become slaughter cattle) herefords and shorthorns who were the primary breeds until angus cattle? Angus BRITISH cattle breed: -from Scotland -good milkers and mothers -certified Angus Beef program -carcass -increasing numbers Black Baldies BRITISH cattle breed: -not registered as Black Angus -facial color of Hereford is dominant -black gene is dominant -Hereford x Angus -make excellent commercial female -CAB program: 51% Angus genetics, black hair coat, no "ear, Average Choice Red Angus BRITISH cattle breed: -red colored gene is recessive -red hair coat does increase their heat tolerance -fastest growing breed; breeds true -more efficient -good marbling