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In that year a breed association, the American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association, was established with 60 members in Chicago, Illinois; the name was shortened to American Angus Association in the 1950s. [2]: 105 [6] Until 1917 both black and red cattle could be registered in the herdbook of the association.
The Aberdeen Angus, sometimes simply Angus, is a Scottish breed of small beef cattle. It derives from cattle native to the counties of Aberdeen, Banff, Kincardine and Angus in north-eastern Scotland. [4]: 96 In 2018 the breed accounted for over 17% of the beef production in the United Kingdom. [5]
The German Angus (German: Deutsch Angus) is a modern German breed of beef cattle. It was bred in the 1950s in West Germany by crossing Aberdeen Angus with various native German cattle breeds: the German Black Pied , the Deutsche Rotbunte and the Fleckvieh .
This is a list of some of the cattle breeds considered in the United States to be wholly or partly of American origin. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so ...
In cattle, Angus may refer to: Aberdeen Angus, a breed of beef cattle in Scotland and the United Kingdom; American Angus; German Angus; Red Angus; See also.
The Red Angus is an international breed of beef cattle characterised by a reddish-brown coat colour. It derives from the Scottish Aberdeen Angus population and is identical to it in all but coat colour. Red Angus are registered separately from black Angus cattle in Australia, Canada, and the United States. [4]
Thorne hired William Harper Pew for Pew's knowledge of livestock bloodlines. At the time, the farm had over 5,000 acres (8 sq mi) and 1,000 purebred Aberdeen Angus cattle (the largest Aberdeen Angus herd in the country). Pew began eighteen Angus herds in Dutchess County, and was a director of the American Angus Association. [40]
The origin of the white belt is unknown; it is thought to have resulted from some cross-breeding with the Dutch Lakenvelder in the seventeenth century. [4]: 129 From 1852, both Aberdeen Angus and Galloways could be registered in a herd-book for polled cattle. A separate Galloway herd-book was established in 1878.