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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]
Bull at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The Speckle Park is a modern Canadian breed of beef cattle.It was developed in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan from 1959, by cross-breeding stock of the British Aberdeen Angus and Shorthorn breeds; the spotted or speckled pattern for which it is named derived from a single bull with the colour-pointed markings of the British ...
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 .
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]
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.
However, beef cattle can also be bred through artificial insemination, [1] depending on the cow and the size of the herd. Cattle are normally bred during the summer so that calving may occur the following spring. [1] However, cattle breeding can occur at other times of year. Depending on the operation, calving may occur all year round.
A breeders' association, the Australian Lowline Cattle Association, was formed in 1992, [5]: 4 and the first herd-book was published in 1993; it listed 150 cows and 36 bulls. [ 6 ] Australia is the only country which reports Lowline cattle to DAD-IS ; [ 7 ] the breeders' association has members in Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the ...