A place of production and distribution Hereford cattle produced in the United Kingdom and British glam of Hereford County, is the world's oldest breed of beef cattle precocious SMEs. Now distributed in many countries around the world, our country was introduced from 1964. Second, the physical characteristics Hereford cattle body is large, well-developed chest, muscles plump, short head, broad forehead, short and thick neck, neck and hanging around the area developed, back and waist straight and wide, ribs open, upright and short limbs, trunk cylindrical cylindrical, with a typical beef cattle rectangular type. Coat, in addition to the head, neck down, belly, the lower limbs and tail is white, the other parts are reddish brown. Skin is orange-red. Third, the production performance Calf birth weight, male is 34 kg, the mother of 32 kg; 12 months old weighing up to 400 kg, with an average daily gain of 1 kg or more. Adult weight, the Bulls for the 1000-1100 pounds, cows 600-750 kg. 400 days after birth slaughter, slaughter rate of 60-65%, net meat rate of 57%. Meat tender and delicious, rich in fat deposition between the muscle fibers, the meat was a marble-like. Hereford cow with a strong physique, more resistant to crude feed, suitable for grazing, high rate of production of meat, reared in the country was also very effective. Breast lactating daily gain, 1.14 kg male, female to 0.89 kg; 7-12 months of age, weight gain, the Bulls was 0.98 kg, 0.85 kg cows. Improvement of local cattle with Hereford cattle, but also achieved initial results.
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Name of Hereford cattle breed divisions Category Cattle Typical pictures Origin and environmental Hereford cattle is one of Britain's oldest precocious medium-sized cattle breed, originating in England island to the west of the island of Wales Hereford County and Oxford County in the most concentrated. Cattle in our geographic Buhaifute distributed in 17 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities. Physical characteristics of Hereford cattle breed is small, slender bones, with a typical meat body; head short, broad forehead, flat angle to the sides and slightly bend forward and down, cow horn front also has downward bent. Stubby neck, wattles developed. Rectangular trunk, short limbs. Different shades of hair color is mainly red and have "six white" (ie, the head, the lower limbs, lower abdomen, neck, withers and tail broom appear white) breed characteristics. Angle wax yellow. Performance of Hereford cattle breed adult bulls average body height, body length, chest tube circumference and weight are: 128.0 ± 4.7 厘米, 161.9 ± 6.1 厘米, 206.5 ± 6.3 厘米, 25.3 ± 1.0 厘米, 908.8 ± 74.1 kg adult cows respectively: 117.9 ± 3.8 厘米, 146.9 ± 4.8 厘米, 186.4 ± 6.9 厘米, 21.0 ± 0.8 厘米, 519.6 ± 136.8 kg. Hereford cow with a cold, rough-resistant, high-yielding, early maturing, high feed efficiency, genetic stability, excellent features, and effects of cattle hybridization good. Bald and body but small, individual farmers is not welcome.