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Livestock branding is a technique for marking livestock so as to identify the owner. Originally, livestock branding only referred to hot branding large stock with a branding iron, though the term now includes alternative techniques. Other forms of livestock identification include freeze branding, inner lip or ear tattoos, earmarking, ear ...
Zebu. The zebu (/ ˈziːb (j) uː, ˈzeɪbuː /; Bos indicus[4]), sometimes known in the plural as indicine cattle, Camel cow or humped cattle, is a species or subspecies of domestic cattle originating in South Asia. [5] Zebu, like many Sanga cattle breeds, differs from taurine cattle by a fatty hump on their shoulders, a large dewlap, and ...
White, fawn, red, black, Bont. Cattle. Bos (primigenius) indicus. Boran cattle are a popular Zebu beef breed in eastern Africa. [2] Through DNA sampling, Hanotte et al. have analyzed the genetic make-up of the Boran and it consists of the following genetic proportions—64% Bos indicus, 24% European Bos taurus and 12% African Bos taurus. [3][4]
An "intact" (i.e., not castrated) adult male is called a bull. A father bull is called a sire with reference to his offspring. An adult female that has had a calf (or two, depending on regional usage) is a cow. Steers and heifers are also colloquially referred to as cows. A mother cow is called a dam with reference to her offspring.
Cattle are not often kept solely for hides, and they are usually a by-product of beef production. Hides are used mainly for leather products such as shoes. In 2012, India was the world's largest producer of cattle hides. [113] Cattle hides account for around 65% of the world's leather production. [114] [115]
Examples include the Dwarf Lulu cattle of the mountains of Nepal with yak blood, [ 2 ] the Beefalo of North America with bison genes, the Selembu breed of India and Bhutan with gayal genes. The Madura breed of Indonesia may have banteng in its parentage. [ 3 ] In addition to these fertile hybrids, there are sterile hybrids such as the male Dzo ...
Bull at a livestock show. The Brahman is an American breed of zebuine - taurine hybrid beef cattle. It was bred in the United States from 1885 using cattle originating in India, imported at various times from the United Kingdom, India, and Brazil. These were mainly Gir, Guzerá and Nelore stock, with some Indu-Brasil, Krishna Valley and Ongole.
The Dexter is an Irish breed of small cattle. [6] It originated in the eighteenth century in County Kerry, in south-western Ireland, and appears to be named after a man named Dexter, who was factor of the estates of Lord Hawarden on Valentia Island. Until the second half of the nineteenth century it was considered a type within the Kerry breed ...