TABLE 2.

BREEDS OF
DAIRY CATTLE
& BUFFALO
• ORIGINATED IN
AYSHIRE
THE COUNTRY
OF AYR IN
SCOTLAND.
 Color
• RED (reddish-
brown mahogany
varies in shade
from light to very
dark.) AND WHITE.
Horn Type
• WIDE AND
CURVED
Ear Type
 Production
Body Size Characteristics
• MODERATE
FRAMED BREED. • PRODUCE ABOUT
• REACH AROUND 5 GALLONS OR 43
550 KILOS IN POUNDS OF MILK
WEIGHT. PER DAY.
• SWITZERLAND IS
BROWN SWISS
THE NATIVE
HOME OF THE
BROWN SWISS
BREED.
 Color
• CAN BE GREY,
DARK BROWN, TAN
OR EVEN ALMOST
WHITE IN COLOR.
 Horn Type Ear Type
• SHORT AND WHITE
GROWING DARK
TOWARDS THE TOP.
 Production
Body Size Characteristics
• MALE: • PRODUCE OVER
900 KG 22,000 POUNDS OF
MILK, OR ABOUT
• FEMALE: 2,600 GALLONS OF
590 – 640 KG MILK, DURING ONE
LACTATION.
• GUERNSEY COW IS
KNOWN FOR
GUERNSEY
GUERNSEY
PRODUCING HIGH-
BUTTERFAT, HIGH-
PROTEIN MILK WITH
A HIGH
CONCENTRATION
OF BETACAROTENE.
 Color
• FAWN (light reddish-
brown)or RED AND
WHITE.
 Light color allows
them to tolerate heat
better than some of
the darker breeds.
 Horn Type
• SHORT AND CURVED
IN SHAPE.
 Ear Type
Erect and often set
slightly lower than
Swiss breeds and
carried horizontally, or
forward in what is
termed the “bonnet”
position.
 Production
Body Size Characteristics
• MEDIUM-BODIED, • Produce an average of
WEIGHING ABOUT 10,000 gallons of milk a
year.
1,200 – 1,300 • The milk is very high in
POUNDS AT butterfat and ca be used
MATURITY. to manufacture butter,
cheese, and ice cream.
BREED OF LARGE HOLSTEIN FREISIAN
HOLSTEIN FREISIAN
DAIRY CATTLE
ORIGINATING IN
NORTHERN
HOLLAND AND
FRIESLAND.
 Color
• BLACK AND WHITE
SPOTTED MARKINGS,
SHARPLY DEFINED
RATHER THAN
BLENDED.
Horn Type Ear Type
AYSHIRE
 Production
Body Size Characteristics
• Typically weighs • They are famed for their
large dairy production,
680 – 770 kg
averaging 22,530 pounds
• Stands 145 – 165 of milk per year.
cm tall at the • In Europe, it is used for
shoulder. milk in the North and
meat in the south.
IT IS ONE OF THE
OLDEST DAIRY
BREEDS, HAVING
JERSEY
BEEN REPORTED BY
AUTHORITIES AS
BEING PUREBRED
FOR NEARLY SIX
CENTURIES.
 Color
• USUALLY SLIGHTLY
RED, DEEP BROWN
OR MIXED.
Horn Type Ear Type
 Production
Body Size Characteristics
• MALE: (ADULT) Well adapted to almost all
climates, good for milk
540 - 820 KG
production, able to withstand
• FEMALE: (ADULT) extreme variations in
temperature, fertile, ease of
400 – 500 KG calving, long life, good
• SMALL TO MEDIUM quality milk, docile
temperament.
One of the oldest MILKING SHORTHORN
recognized breeds in
the world, Shorthorn
cattle originated in
Northeastern England
in the Valley of the
Tees River.
 Color
•Generally red, red
with white markings

•White or roan
colored.
Horn Type Ear Type
AYSHIRE
 Production
Body Size Characteristics
An average-sized
Average milk production
breed, with mature
for the breed is about
cows averaging 7,000 kg in an annual
140 cm tall at the tail lactation of 305 days,
head, and weighing with 3.8% butterfat and
640 to 680 kg. 3.3% protein.
DAIRY BUFFALO
SURTI
BREED AND RAISED
MAINLY FOR MILK
PRODUCTION
PURPOSE.
 Color
• RUSTY BROWN
• SILVER-GREY
 Horn Type Ear Type
• SICKLE-SHAPED
AND FLAT WHICH
GROW BACKWARD
AND DOWNWARD
DIRECTION.
 Production
Body Size Characteristics
• FEMALE: 140 CM &
Average milk per
ABOUT 550 KG
lactation and
• MALE: 142 CM &
average fat are 1667
ABOUT 600 TO 1500
kg with 7.02 percent
KG
respectively.
• MEDIUM-SIZED
IT IS A DAIRY BREED,
AND IT IS RAISED
MURRAH
MAINLY FOR MILK
PRODUCTION. BUT IT
IS ALSO USED FOR
MEAT PRODUCTION
IN SOME COUNTRIES.
 Color

• JET BLACK
 Horn Type Ear Type
• SHORT AND • SHORT,
TIGHTLY ALERT
CURVED AND THIN
HORN
 Production
Body Size Characteristics
• AVERAGE LIVE
BODY WEIGHT OF • Can produce
THE MATURE 2200 liters of
MURRAH BUFFALO milk in 310
IS AROUND 750 KG. days.
 TABLE 2.
BREEDS OF
BEEF CATTLE
THE UNITED KINGDOM
REGISTERS BOTH IN THE ANGUS
ANGUS
SAME HERD BOOK, BUT
IN THE UNITED STATES
THEY ARE REGARDED
AS TWO SEPARATE
BREEDS: RED ANGUS
AND BLACK ANGUS.
 Color
It is solid black or red,
though the udder may
be white. The native
color is black, but
more recently red
colors have emerged.
Horn Type Ear Type
naturally polled
(without horns)
 Production
Body Size Characteristics
AYSHIRE
•THE CATTLE HAVE LARGE
MUSCLE CONTENT AND ARE
Main use of Angus cattle is
for beef production and
REGARDED AS MEDIUM-SIZED.
consumption.
•COWS TYPICALLY WEIGH 550
also be used in
KG.
crossbreeding to reduce the
likelihood of dystocia
•BULLS WEIGH 850 KG.
(difficult calving).
CHARACTERIZED BRAHMAN
BY A LARGE
HUMP OVER THE
TOP OF THE
SHOULDER AND
NECK.
 Color
• VERY LIGHT GREY OR RED
TO ALMOST BLACK.

• MAJORITY OF THE BREED

ARE LIGHT TO MEDIUM
GREY. MATURE BULLS ARE
NORMALLY DARKER THAN
COWS.
Horn Type Ear Type
Curve upwards and slightly
towards their rear.
 Production
Body Size Characteristics
• BULLS WEIGH • Mainly used for
FROM 1600 TO breeding and the
2200 POUNDS AND meat industry.
• Their carcasses have
COWS FROM 1000
more red meat, low
TO 1400 POUNDS.
fat and high muscle
content.
A FRENCH
CHAROLAIS
CHAROLAIS
BREED OF
TAURINE
BEEF
CATTLE.
 Color
AYSHIRE
WHITE COAT
WITH A PINK
MUZZLE AND
PALE HOOVES.
Ear & Horn
Type
 Production
Body Size Characteristics
AYSHIRE
LARGE WITH MATURE
BULLS WEIGHING FROM
•Among the top meat
producing breeds, rivaled
MORE OR LESS 900 KG TO only by Angus.
WELL OVER 1,000 KG AND
COWS WEIGH FROM •Their intramuscular fat
MORE OR LESS 500 KG TO contributes to excellent
OVER 900 KG. edible quality in their beef
cuts.
THE HEREFORD BREED HEREFORD
WAS FOUNDED SOME
TWO AND ONE-HALF
CENTURIES AGO AS
A PRODUCT OF
NECESSITY.
 Color
AYSHIRE
Varying from rust
brown to a deep
rich red.
Horn Type
AYSHIRE
IF NOT CORRECTED WITH
WEIGHTS, IT WILL GROW
UP AND FORWARD. IF
CORRECTED WITH
WEIGHTS, THE HORNS
WILL GROW CURVING
DOWN AND TOWARDS
THE INSIDE.
Ear Type
 Production
Body Size Characteristics
AYSHIRE
•THE COWS AVERAGE
120 CM AND WEIGH
• Primarily a meat cattle
breed. Mainly used for meat
600 – 800 KG. production.
•THE BULLS AVERAGE •Also, good for milk
152 CM AND WEIGH production and produce
1,000 – 1,200 KG. enough milk for their calves.
TROPICAL BEEF
SANTA GERTRUDIS
BREED OF CATTLE
DEVELOPED IN
SOUTHERN TEXAS
ON THE KING
RANCH.
 Color
AYSHIRE
USUALLY SOLID RED
WITH OCCASIONAL
SMALL WHITE
MARKINGS ON THE
FOREHEAD OR IN THE
REGION OF THE
FLANKS.
Horn Type Ear Type
AYSHIRE
 Production
Body Size
AYSHIRE
A MATURE BULL IS
MORE OR LESS 700 TO
Characteristics
•Breed is noted for heat
tolerance as well as tick
and bloat resistance.
e
1,000 KG, WHILE A
COW WILL WEIGH •Carcasses from very
BETWEEN 600 AND 800 young cattle develop a
KG. large eye muscle of meat
with no waste fat.
BOS INDICUS
BREED USED
THARPARK
FOR MILK
PRODUCTION
AND AS DRAFT
ANIMALS.
 Color
• WHITE
• GRAY
Horn Type Ear Type
SET WELL APART CURVING
GRADUALLY UPWARDS AND LONG, BROAD
OUTWARDS IN THE SAME AND SEMI-
LINE AS THAT OF THE POLL PENDULOUS AND
WITH BLUNT POINTS
INCLINED INWARDS FACE FORWARDS
 Production
Body Size Characteristics
STRONGLY BUILT, Excellent foragers and can
stand the rigors of climatic
MEDIUM-SIZED, WITH
and environmental
STRAIGHT LIMBS AND conditions, they have not
GOOD FEET, AND WITH been used primarily as a
AN ALERT AND source of meat, and
breeders have given little
SPRINGY CARRIAGE.
attention to meat qualities.
 RED
RED SINDHI
SINDHI
ORIGINATED IN THE
PAKISTANI STATE OF SIND
BUT DUE TO ITS
HARDINESS, HEAT
RESISTANCE AND HIGH
MILK YIELDS THEY HAVE
SPREAD INTO MANY PARTS
OF INDIA AND AT LEAST 33
COUNTRIES IN ASIA,
AFRICA, OCEANIA AND
THE AMERICAS.
 Color
• NORMALLY, DEEP, RICH RED
COLOR BUT CAN VARY FROM
A YELLOWISH BROWN TO
DARK BROWN.
• MALES ARE DARKER THAN
FEMALES AND WHEN MATURE
MAY BE ALMOST BLACK ON
THE EXTREMITIES, SUCH AS
THE HEAD, FEET AND TAIL.
Horn Type Ear Type
AYSHIRE
 Production
Body Size Characteristics
• THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF Traditionally considered a
A RED SINDHI COW IS milking breed but they
116 CM WITH A BODY have been successfully
WEIGHT OF 340 KG. used in crossing system
with British breeds to
• BULLS AVERAGE 134 CM produce tropical beef
IN HEIGHT AND A BODY types.
WEIGHT OF 420 KG.
DEVELOPED IN
BRAZIL BY
HINDU-BRAZIL
HINDU-BRAZIL
CROSS-BREEDING
3 DIFFERENT
BREEDS OF
CATTLE FROM
INDIA.
 Color
THEY CAN BE RED,
BLACK, GRAY, WHITE
OR EVEN SPECKLED
IN COLOR.
Horn Type Ear Type
AYSHIRE
HAVE UP AND
BACK SWEEPING,
THICK HORNS.
 Production
Body Size
AYSHIRE
AN ADULT MALE
Characteristics

REACHES OVER 6 FT Used primarily for

TALL, AND WEIGHS milk and draft
AROUND 1,000 KG. purposes.
IT IS AMONG THE SIMMENTAL
OLDEST AND MOST
WIDELY DISTRIBUTED
OF ALL BREEDS OF
CATTLE IN THE
WORLD.
 Color
VARIES FROM GOLD TO
RED WITH WHITE, AND
MAY BE EVENLY
DISTRIBUTED OR
CLEARLY DEFINED IN
PATCHES ON A WHITE
BACKGOUND.
Ear & Horn
Type
 Production
Body Size
AYSHIRE
HAVE A LARGE FRAME WITH
GOOD MUSCLING WITH COWS AT
Characteristics
Used for dairy and beef,
APPROXIMATELY 135-160 CM. and as draught animals.
WEIGHT CAN VARY ON THE USE
OF THEIR USE BUT COWS CAN
Renowned for the rapid
WEIGH AROUND 700 – 900 KG growth of their young, if
AND BULLS 1,300 KG. given sufficient feed.
LEADER:JOHN MIKKO NICOLAS

JOVELYN CAMILOZA
CRISTINE JOY CORPUZ
DANIELLE RESTUA