Name: Antiñero, Elisha John R.

Lab Section: LAB – B

1 PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE

Production performance in large ruminant depends on the main purpose of the breed. Some are
being bred specifically for their milk, some for their beef and some for both thus being classified as
dual purpose. For dairy farmers, milk production record serves as an important information especially
in the selection of breeds. Carcass yield or the dressing percentage is the proportion of ending live
weight yielded after the removal of blood, skin and visceral organs.

In this lab activity, identify 20 breeds of large ruminants (15 cattle and 5 water buffalo) and fill in the
table by searching their production values. Please cite only the author, agency or site of chosen
reference values in the table. Complete citation should be provided in the list of references.

Cattle Breed Type (Beef, Dairy Weight (kg) Milk Carcass Reference
or Dual purpose) Production Yield (%)
per day (L)

Bull Cow Calf

1 Aberdeen Angus Beef 850 525 28 3.79 56.3 (Grodno tribal
enterprise, 2016)
(Melton, Riggs,
Nelson, &
Cartwright, 1967)
(Sangarasivam,
1972) (Global Ag
Media, n.d.)
2 Hereford Beef 816. 544. 41 3.32 52 (Ritchie, 2009)
4663 3108 (Global Ag Media,
n.d.)
(Muir, Wallace ,
Dobbie, & Brown,
2000) (Melton,
Riggs, Nelson, &
Cartwright, 1967)
3 Murrah Buffalo Dairy Arou Aroun 22.4 14 to 15 (Dairy Farm
nd d 450 kg at liters guide, n.d.)
550 kg birth
kg
4 Surti Dairy Aroun Aroun Aroun Around 5 (Roy's Farm,
d d d
liters 2021)
500kg 400kg 169.1k
g at and isa pa (PDF)
12
 month
s
5 Gir Dual purpose 544 310 23.7 4.98 57.9 (Patbandha, et
±0.3 al., 2020)
(Gaur, Kaushik, &
Garg, 2003)
(Bonilha, et al.,
2012)
6 Brown Swiss Dairy 816 498 38.8 (Herring, n.d.)
to to kg at
1133 680 birth
kg kg
7 Nili-Ravi Dairy Arou Aroun 34 to 15.9 liters (Singh et.al.,
nd d 454 35 kg 2019)
567 kg at
kg birth
8 Shorthorn Beef 907. 737. 38.5 7.71 51.5 (Rege, Aboagye,
18 09 5 & Tawah, 1994)
(Global Ag Media,
n.d.) (Jackson,
2021) (Dawson,
Cook, & Knapp,
1960)
9 Holstein Friesian Dairy 907. 680. 40.8 25 58.5 (Global Ag Media,
1 3 n.d.) (Holstein
Association USA,
2021) (TamilNadu
Agricultural
University,
Coimbatore, n.d.)
(Nichols, Ziegler,
White, Kesler, &
Watkins, 1964)
10 Sahiwal Dairy Arou Aroun 38 kg 18 liters (Herring, n.d.)
nd d 425 at above
500 kg birth (Animal Genetics
kg Training
Resources, n.d.)
11 Brahman Beef 861. 544. 28.3 6.2 59 (Neidhardt, et al.,
82 31 4 1979) (Global Ag
Media, n.d.)
(Morris, Jones,
Wilson, & Watson,
1992)
12 Angus Beef 750 500 35 kg Around 2 59.4% (Herring, n.d.)
to to at liters (Genetics.by, n.d.)
950 550 birth
kg kg
13 Philippine Beef 500 425 26 2.045 47.59±2 (Agri-infoHub,
Carabao .27 n.d.) (Breeds and
Their
 Characteristics,
2017) (Abanto, et
al., 2000)
14 Chianina Beef 1150 800 Arou Around 11 (Meggitt, 2020)
to to nd liters
1280 1000 40kg (The Cattle site,
kg kg at n.d.)
birth
15 Limousin Beef 1200 700 40.5 4.42 65 (Oklahoma State
University, 1997)
(Jenkins & Ferrell,
1992)
16 Simmental Beef 1300 800 37.8 5.88 61.9 (Global Ag Media,
n.d.) (Jenkins &
Ferrell, 1992)
(Pilarczyk &
Wójcik, 2007)
(Wheeler, Cundiff,
Shackelford, &
Koohmaraie,
2005)

17 Charolais Beef 907k 566k Arou 59.5% (Cattle Network,

g to g to nd 2008)
1113 725 41 to , and isang PDF.
kg kg 45 kg (Herring, n.d.)
at
birth
18 Red Sindhi Dual purpose 420 340 17.7 12 50.2 (Shinobu, 1984)
5 (Oklahoma State
University, 1996)
19 Jersey Dairy 620 450 24.9 13.6 42.76 (Oklahoma State
University, 1997)
(Coyne, Evans, &
Berry, 2019)

20 Santa Gertrudis Beef 884. 725. 32.3 4.1 58.63 (Leatherwood,

5 7 1952)
(Sangarasivam,
1972)

References:
Agri-infoHub. (n.d.). Production Technologies. Retrieved from Agri-Infohub.

Animal Genetics Training Resources. (n.d.). Kenyan Sahiwal. Kenyan Sahiwal | Animal Genetics Training
Resources.

Cattle Network. (2008). Charolais. http://www.cattlenetwork.net/Breeds/charolais.htm.

Dairy Farm guide. (n.d.). Murrah Buffalo. DairyFarmGuide.com.

Genetics.by. (n.d.). The Aberdeen-Angus cows. Description and characteristics of the breed.

Global Ag Media. (n.d.). Cattle Breeds - Holstein. Retrieved from The Cattle site.

Global Ag Media. (n.d.). Cattle Breeds - Simmental. Retrieved from The Cattle Site.

Grodno tribal enterprise. (2016). The Aberdeen-Angus cows. Description and characteristics of the
breed. Retrieved from Genetic.by.

Herring. (n.d.). Calving Difficulty in Beef Cattle: BIF Fact Sheet. University of Missouri

Leatherwood, A. (1952). Santa Gertrudis Cattle. Retrieved from Handbook of Texas.

Meggitt. (2020). The Characteristics of Chianina Cows. Pets on Mom.com.

Neidhardt, R., Plasse, D., Weniger, J., Verde, O., Beltran, J., & Benavides, A. (1979). Milk Yield of
Brahman Cows in a Tropical Beef Production System. Journal of Animal Science, 48(1), 1-6.

Oklahoma State University. (1997). Breeds of Livestock - Jersey Cattle. Retrieved from Oklahoma State
University.

Oklahoma State University. (1997). Breeds of Livestock - Limousin. Retrieved from Oklahoma State
University.

Patbandha, T., Sabapara, G., Savaliya, B., Dash, S., Parikh, S., & Ali, M. (2020). Physical Characteristics
and Production Performance of Gir Cattle in India. International Journal of Livestock Research.
10.5455/ijlr.2020, 10(8), 1-11.

Rege, J., Aboagye, G., & Tawah, C. (1994). Shorthorn cattle of West and Central Africa IV. Production
characteristics. World Animal Review, 78. Retrieved from Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations.

Ritchie, H. (2009). Breeds of Beef and Multi-purpose Cattle. Retrieved from Michigan State University.

Roy's Farm. (2021, May). Surti Buffalo: Characteristics, Origin, Uses & Breed Information.

Sangarasivam, S. (1972). Evaluation of Santa Gertrudis Cattle in Relation to other breeds of Beef
Production in Southeast Asia.

Shinobu, O. (1984). Meat Productivity of Cattle and Buffalo in Sri Lanka. Japan International Research
Center for Agricultural Sciences, 18, 217-223.

Singh et.al. (2019). Breed Specific Information on Nili-Ravi Buffalo. Vet Extension.

The Cattle site. (n.d.). Breeds - Chianina. The Cattle Site.