Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A breed association, the American Brahman Breeders Association, was formed in 1924, and a herd-book was started. [3]: 137 The name 'Brahman' was chosen by J. W. Sartwelle, secretary of the association. [6] In 1939 the herd-book was closed, thereafter recording only the offspring of registered parents.
The American Brahman breed has a distinct large hump over the top of the shoulder and neck and a loose flap of skin hanging from the neck. The breed is also known for its long, floppy ears. Bulls weigh 1,600 to 2,200 pounds (800 to 1,100kg) whereas cows weigh 1,000 to 1,400 pounds (500 to 700kg).
From about 1870 onwards, Kankrej bulls and cows were exported to Brazil, where they were used to create the Guzerá breed, [2]: 193 which was later among the breeds from which the American Brahman developed. [2]: 137 The last official census data for the Kankrej population in India dates from 1977, when there were 465 000.
The Brangus is an American hybrid breed of beef cattle derived from cross-breeding of American Angus and Brahman stock. Registered animals have 5/8 Angus and 3/8 Brahman parentage. [3]: 149 A similar hybrid breed, the Australian Brangus, was separately developed in Australia from about 1950. [4]: 138
Beefmaster is a breed of beef cattle that was developed in the early 1930s by Tom Lasater (the breed founder), [1] from a systematic crossing of Hereford cows and Shorthorn cows with Brahman bulls. The exact mixture of the foundation cattle is unknown, but is thought to be about 25% Hereford, 25% Milking Shorthorn and 50% Brahman.
The Australian Charbray (Bos taurus x Bos indicus) is an Australian breed of cattle derived from a cross between the French Charolais cattle and American Brahman cattle.The charbray breed was first conceived in the United States of America in the 1930s and later introduced into Australia in 1969. [1]
The Santa Gertrudis is an American breed of beef cattle. It is a taurine-indicine hybrid breed, descended from both zebu and European cattle . It was bred in the early twentieth century in Texas, and received official recognition in 1940.
It was among the breeds that contributed to the development of the American Brahman breed in the United States. [3]: 205 At the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in Mexico City it has been selectively bred since the 1970s for small size, leading to the development of the Minivaca, a dwarf breed standing about 100 cm tall. [9]: 105