Angus cattle

Angus cattle are solid black cattle, although white may appear on the udder. However, there is a fairly recent, recognized, American breed called Red Angus. They are hardy, undemanding, adaptable, mature extremely early, and have a high carcass yield with marbled meat. They are good natured in comparison to several breeds but are more aggressive than the breeds such as the Hereford. Angus are renowned as a carcass breed. They are used widely in crossbreeding to improve carcass quality and milking ability. Angus females calve easily, partly because of the small size of a typical Angus calf, and have good calf rearing ability. They are also used as a genetic dehorner as the polled gene is passed on as a dominant trait.

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Black - Cattle - White - Udder - Marbled meat - Hereford - Carcass breed - Polled gene - Trait

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The breed arose in north-east Scotland in the counties of Aberdeenshire and Angus. Deliberate breeding began at the end of the 18th century. The breed was first formally recognized in 1835 with the first herd book published in 1862. Animals were first exported to the USA and other countries in 1878.

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Scotland - Aberdeenshire - Angus - 18th century - 1835 - 1862 - USA - 1878

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Cross breeding has led to the development of Aberdeen-Angus and Red Angus variants.

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As of the latter part of 2003 and early 2004, the American fast food industry has produced a public relations campaign to promote the quality of beef produced from Angus cattle (?Angus beef?). This promotion for Angus beef took hold in the consumer public, in spite of complaints that beef suppliers were merely presenting the same quality beef with a fancy name and a higher price (http://news.inq7.net/lifestyle/index.php?index=1&story_id=28465 "Mad about Angus," Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 24, 2005).

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2003 - 2004 - Fast food - Public relations

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Angus cattle are known for their calving ease (giving birth without as much stress) as well as leaner beef. This is why Angus has become more popular in recent years. Some call Angus The Business Breed.

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