Holstein

Highest Milk Production

Lowest Butterfat percentage per individual

Highest per breed however

More than 80% of milk in US comes from this

From Holland

Jersey Island, Great Britain

smallest and lowest total milk production

highest butterfat percentage

Used for cheese 

crossbred with Holstien

Guernsey Island

Larger than a Jersey

2nd in butterfat percentage

Switzerland

2nd largest, 2nd milk production

intermediate butterfat

thickest muscled 

has a beef counterpart

Devonshire England

among lowest in milk and butterfat

Scotland 

Intermediate in size, milk, and butterfat

England

lowest in milk and butterfat

87% Water

13 milk solids

4 butterfat

5 lactose

.7 minerals 

3.4 protien

Genetics

Amount of glandular tissue

Nutrition

Stage of Lactation

interval between milking

pregnancy

age of the animal

size

estrus

disease (mastis, milk fever)

climate (cooler=more)

management 

number and vigor of offspring

acceptable term for any porcine animal

offspring less than 120 pounds 

Scientific word for swine 

Dam Breed

Long Body

Denmark, Norway, Sweden

England 

Dam Breed

Sire Breed

U.S.

Red light golden or dark red

England 

Sire Breed

Best Mom among sire breeds

England

Short Snout

Large Jowl (fat neck)

Pennsylvania 

smaller droopy ears than landrace

United States

no large jowl

Germany 

Muscled very heavily 

Oldest Domestic Breed 

China 

Highly Prolific averaging 12 pigs a litter 

Very Fat and slow growing 

Asia, Vietnam

Good pets, trained 

Feeder pigs - farrow sows, feed until 40 pounds

feeder pig finishing - purchase feeder pigs, feed to slaughter weight (least management involved)

Farrow to finish- Most expensive and management 

offspring of sheep under one year of either sex

Get meat from lamb 

Area around the tail

to remove the tail

Range Conditions

Hardy, longevity, flocking instincts

Farm Conditions 

prolific, growth rate 

Number of lambs born per year

fertility and fleece weight negatively correlated 

Hard to measure on live animal

can use genetic marker though

Highly heritable 

Greece Fleece Weight

Clean Fleece Weight

Staple Length

Fineness and Diameter 

Primarirly for Wool

Western States, public land, no fence, sole income

1000 or more lives to be considered

90% of US sheep are ranged

Black Faced Sheep

Midwest States 

Fenced pastures, additional income

2 - 1000 heads 

Farm Flock

Commerical Ram

Registered

Feeder lams, 110 lbs

20k-30k

Colorado has most

Wool quality and Quantity

Hardy adaptable and longevity

Extroverts

Blindness by wool

Body wrinkles 

Poor Carcass

Slow Growing

low lambing

Hard to dye black fibers in wool

France

Largest

Horned or Polled

Dominate U.S. market

fine wool breed

Spain

Dominate Australia Markey

 fine wool breed

Tatum, New Mexico

Cross between Rambouillet and Merino

Good Growth and Wool

fine wool breed

White

Silky face and leg hair

Very fine diameter wool

8-10 pounds

England

White

Long, coarse wool

Polled

Largest of long woold breed

Crossbreeding of fine and long wool

white

polled

Lincoln x Rambuoillet 

From WY

Lincoln x Merino

New Zealand

Black is acceptable

(not desired though)

Idaho

Rambouillet x Columbia 

Idaho

Rambouillet x Lincoln

England - except Montadale 

Polled - except Dorset

Largest of Meat Breeds

No Wool

Southdown 

SMALLEST

VERY Prolific (4.5 lambs)

Milking 

Mothering

Small

Light Muscled

Coarse light weight fleece

US

Rambouillet x Dorset x Targhee x Finn

Prolific

Out of season Breeding

Hardiness

Good fleece, carcass

Prolific (3 lambs)

New Zealand

Excellent Fleece

Similar to Delaine Melino

Small

Wrinkles

Holland

no wool

black nose

excellent carcass poor wool

Texel 

Poor Carcass

Russia

prolific

colored fleeces

slow growers

south africa

white body with black heads typical

breed out of season

early maturing

light weight fleece

high cost