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Help!!! Can ya'll PLEASE help me lol! This is about an essay in brahman cattle!?

ok nobody will answer this question so i changed the subject!

my teacher says that i have a 66 in agriculture and to pass I have to write a four page essay on ADVANTAGES OF USING BRAHMAN CATTLE IN A CROSSBREEDING PROGRAM... does anyone know any sites i can find this on or do yall know a lot of stuff about it? HELP PLEASE i have to pass in order to compete on my relay team for track and my friends are counting on me!!!

Answer 1

the brahaman cattle is one of the most used cattle in the world to improve the hybrid vigor in cattle most of the so called new breeds contain brahman blood in to lets take a look in to the beefmaster breed if my memory does not fail me contain 3/8 of brahman  check the publications of the university of arizona or the web site and many other new breeds contain brahaman blood the explanation is the brahman gives a specific resistance to the weather, diseases, insects, tolerate better the bad year they deliver the calves with less problems but better check the university of arizona or there is a book not new scientific production with farm animals do not remenber the author please don' see my spell i am tired

Answer 2

Go to the USDA web site for some reasearch. Brama cattle have been used for ranching because they have some unique abilities. They have a resistance to disease and parasites and extreme heat. And will eat plants that other cattle will not. Type Brama Bulls in the search bar and go for it.

RR

Answer 3

Contact your local Cooperative Extension office.  They will have tons of fact sheets and information for you.  Plus you will probably get props for interviewing a professional :).

Answer 4

i dont know any web sites but try to look under ABBA the american brahman breeders association. I have been in involved using brahman cattle for over 20 years both in registered and cross breeding programs. they are great they are good mothers heat tolerant and insect tolerent, they can move their skin to keep bugs from biting them, they are great milk producers  and there are many breeds of brahman 33 or more that each have a special trait for cross breeding

Answer 5

http://www.cattle.com/articles/title/Bra...

Answer 6

Brahman cattle are heat tolerant and resistant to some diseases. These are really good traits in cross-breeding. I'll use a Black Angus and a Brahman as an example: Brangus cattle. Angus are not all that tolerant to heat. They lose weight during the hot seasons. If they were to be mixed with a Brahman, they would be more tolerant and would gain weight instead of losing it. That's really all I know. I haven't ever used Brangus before, but they are good cows if the bull was a good one.

Answer 7

Brahmans have very distinctive physical characteristics. They have large, upward curving horns. They are easily recognized by their large hump over the shoulder and neck, large pendulous ears and excess skin around the throat and underbelly. Brahmans’ loose skin increases surface area available for cooling, making them specifically adapted to heat resistance. Throughout their skin, they have well spread sweat glands. They are able to reproduce, having no harmful effects on their breeding cycle stemming from heat. When the seasons grow colder, the Brahman can grow a thick winter coat protecting them from the extremes in the other range. Under their loose skin, Brahmans have heavy musculature giving them the ability to shake off insects. In addition to this, Brahman cattle secrete an oily substance thought to serve as an insect deterrent.

These traits are clearly inherited by Brahman F1 crosses. The Brahman can serve to produce custom breeding plans in regions of harsh climates and poor grazing. There are many crossbreeding programs that use the Brahman as an improver. F1 hybrids produce a high level of heterosis as they are products of totally unrelated strains. The low birth weight of the Braham partnered with the quick growth rates of English breeds makes for an optimum offspring and one highly marketable.

Some of the more popular crossbreeds are the Santa Gertrudis, Brangus, Beefmaster, Braford, Charbray and Simbrah. Their F1 calves are popular replacement females and feedlot feeders. F1 females are perhaps the premier cow; they are adaptable animals, with increased milk productivity, high fertility levels and are heat and insect resistant.

http://www.cattle.com/articles/title/Bra...

http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/project...

http://www.ehow.com/how_2107461_identify...

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/onlin...

Answer 8

Look up the King ranch and Santa Gertrudis cattle.

Answer 9

John gave you a great answer.  The only thing I'm going to add to his answer is a bit about the loose skin under their necks.  Google up a picture of them, and notice all of that extra, and loose skin under their neck?  That is a goodly part of what makes them so heat tollerant.  They can loose a great deal of heat via all that extra skin, and flesh.

~Garnet

Homesteading/Farming over 20 years