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An Angus cow tends to be a very good mother with strong milking ability, good calving ease, excellent ability to forage on her own without much human assistance (in terms of being fed supplements) thus being a good cow to raise on extensive conditions, good fertility and generally good conformation to be used for breeding into her 'teens.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe three characteristics (or more) that separate Angus cows from other breeds are the following:
1. Genetics for producing calves with black hides (the colour black is a dominant gene in cattle)
- Also good genetics to be able to crossbreed with other breeds such as Simmental, Hereford, Limousin, Charolais, Brahman, Maine Anjou, Gelbvieh and Holstein-Friesian to make excellent crossbred calves.
2. Good mothering ability
3. Good milking ability
4. Make calves that finish early and marble well, making very good beef for consumers
5. Flexible to environmental changes, though less so than Herefords as they are able to be raised in extensive range environments without needed pampering
6. The marketing the people in the American Angus Association have created to increase the popularity of Angus beef and the number of Angus cattle in general in the United States.
There are more reasons of course, but these are most important by far IMHO.
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∙ 13y agoThey are all black, naturally polled, are less beefy than continentals like Charolais or Simmental, but is a beef breed nonetheless.
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∙ 12y agoAngus cattle have excellent marbling, meat is tender, and tend to have a high muscle:fat ratio.
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What is the scientific name for black Angus?
They're cattle, so Bos taurus. (Some kinds of "cattle" are actually zebu, Bos indicus, or taurus/indicus hybrids, but Angus are pure taurus.)Also, since you specifically mentioned "black" Angus: the only real difference between black and red Angus cattle is one gene for color. Black Angus have been specifically bred to eliminate the recessive gene that causes redness, and red Angus have been bred specifically FOR that gene. The original Angus breed from Scotland could be either black or red.
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Do some angus cattle have horns?
It's possible, however all registeterd Angus cattle are polled. A few animals may be scurred, but that's not that common. Any black cattle that are horned are not fullblood or purebred Angus. The various Angus Associations around the world will not recognize horned black cattle as Angus cattle when a producer tries to register such animals. The scurs or horns (if they do present themselves) come from the influence and breeding-up done by producers when they have introduced Jersey and Shorthorn (earlier in the breed's history) into the Angus bloodline to deter from too much inbreeding. Both of these breeds are horned, Jersey moreso today than Shorthorn, and it should be no surprise that horns or scurs may come up in some fullblood or "purebred" Angus cattle. But as mentioned above, if such animals come about, they do not qualify to be registered and are only recognized as commercial Angus cattle.
How do you register black angus cattle?
To register Black Angus cattle, you have to get a membership with your country's Angus Association. In some parts of the USA, there are state Angus associations you can sign up at (Texas, Iowa, Miama Valley and A.L.O.T [Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas] are those states that have their own Angus Associations), but for most states that do not have their own state Angus association, you have to sign up through the American Angus Association. If you live in Canada, you can sign up via the Canadian Angus Association, or through the different provinces' associations (B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and P.E.I have their own Angus associations). Other countries that have their own associations (if you live there) are New Zealand, the U.K., Portugal, Denmark and Australia. Depending on where you live, you first have to pay the joining fee (it's $80 to join the American Angus Assoc.), then pay a fee per calf, cow or bull you have to register. You also have to remember that for all Angus Associations, both parents of the calf must be purebred stock and must be proven as purebred Angus cattle. DNA tests are done primarily on the bulls, and this is to prove they are purebred Angus. Both the dam and sire MUST have records that link them to other purebred Angus stock, otherwise you cannot register your calf.
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Does CAB have to come from Angus beef?
No. Certified Angus Beef can come from any cattle that are black. They don't have to be pure Angus to have the premium for black hide nor to be deemed "CAB" in the supermarket. Here are some breeds that will get the CAB black-hide premium because they have infused black into their genetics to make them "purebred" which is quite false if you study the breeds and their origins long enough:SimmentalGelbviehMaine-AnjouCharolais (surprisingly)LimousinSalersCertified Angus Beef can also give premiums to crossbred calves that are all black. For instance, if a pure Red Simmental bull was bred to Angus cows, the calves would all come out black, but be deemed Angus-Simmental crosses. The same thing if a Black Simmental was mated to Angus cows or Red Angus cows: all the calves will come out black, and thus the calves from the two examples will bring a premium to the rancher/farmer. Black calves will also come if you cross any of the above breeds with Angus or amongst themselves, provided you are breeding all-black to all-black or all-red and not to traditional-type cattle of the above breeds (with exceptions to Gelbvieh, Salers, Limousin and Maine Anjou). Breeding a pure traditional-coloured Charolais to Angus will produce grey calves which will be docked. You won't get much of a premium with black-white-face calves either, but since they are black you still got a pretty good chance anyway. Simmental-Angus and Hereford-Angus calves that are black baldies are the most common black baldies you'll see.The thing about CAB is that this marketing scheme takes advantage of the consumer. The consumer can only assume that the steaks they are buying are pure Angus beef, but in honest real-world reality, they really don't. And they really don't care either. All they care about is if it tastes good. They don't care whether the steaks they've just bought is actually from a Black Simmental or Black Gelbvieh or a black-baldy steer; they don't have the time to do the research! The mentality of it is, if they really want to know where their beef comes from and what kind of cattle it came from, they can go buy local. There they will have a better understanding of what cattle had been slaughtered, how they were fed, how they were raised, who raised them etc. This pure Angus beef campaign in America is and has been successfully brainwashing its consumers into thinking that only Angus beef is the best. Little do they know that there are other breeds out there that have as-good-as or even better beef than Angus.CAB itself has been taken advantage of by other breeders in America; they have been infusing Angus genetics into their breeds and after a few matings, can call a Black Simmental a purebred Simmental, even if it as 15/16 Angus blood in it, for example. On the other hand, CAB has not only taken advantage of the consumer, but of the cattle producers as well, and has successfully lured in those many producers who are eager to take the Certified Angus Beef premium bait to get more money off their calves by having an Angus herd or, having an Angus bull in their cowherds. As a result, you see far more black cattle in America than any other colouration or breed, except for Holsteins.The thing of it is is that they all look the same once the hide is taken off. That's where I mean that a black baldy can still be marked as CAB "mistakenly" even though it is not pure Angus. The same goes for those steers that are produced from three crosses: Angus, Hereford and Simmental, for example. They still get the CAB tag when they are slaughtered, gutted, skinned, dismembered and hung. But does the consumer know? Nah. They don't need to: they don't have the time or money to find out if they had just been suckered into CAB's "false" advertising or not. Like I implied above, "Black is Best" is only a fad, just like bell-bottoms where in the fashion industry, and will soon peter out only to be replaced by a better type of beef cow that will have producers running for their money. Maybe Herefords will make a come-back; maybe Grass-Fed Beef will become the new fad for American (and Canadian) consumers. Who knows?
Are an Angus bull's horns hollow?
Angus bulls don't have horns. The Angus breed itself is naturally polled. A bull that is born from a registered Angus cow and registered Angus bull and comes up horned or scurred is not qualified to be a registered purebred animal, no matter what Angus association it is. And no bovine's horns are hollow. You can see that from the horns that are tipped on rodeo bulls or some range cows.
Are Angus beef patties better to eat?
It depends on an individuals' taste. Some don't like the fattiness of Angus beef, and also find Angus beef to be too bland. Others think otherwise.
