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  Angus cattle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Angus cattle are solid fl cattle, although white may appear on the udder.
The breed arose in north-east Scotland in the counties of Aberdeenshire and Angus.
Angus cattle are known for their calving ease (giving birth without as much stress) as well as leaner beef.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Angus_cattle   (368 words)

  
 Aberdeen
Aberdeen is the largest burgh in the north of Scotland.
Aberdeen is, therefore, a market and retail centre for the farming country inland, which is noted for a breed of beef cattle, the famous Aberdeen-Angus.
Aberdeen is the most important fishing port in Scotland, with wet docks to accommodate all kinds of boats engaged in fishing.
party.20megsfree.com /aberdeen.html   (181 words)

  
 Rural NI | Publications | Technical notes | Beef | Aberdeen Angus beef production
Aberdeen Angus cattle have been finished at Greenmount College over a range of systems since 1996 with the aims of quantifying inputs and determining the physical and financial performance of the animals.
In 1996, ¾ Aberdeen Angus calves born to Angus x Friesian cows were finished out of the house in the spring at approximately 14 months of age.
Aberdeen Angus beef will be attractive for a spring calving herd having Aberdeen Angus x cows with steers and heifers finishing off grass at 15-18 months of age.
www.ruralni.gov.uk /publications/technical_notes/beef/aberdeen_angus.htm   (843 words)

  
 Angus in Australia
Angus females are purchased because of their outstanding reproductive and maternal performance.
The Angus breed originated in Scotland from the interbreeding of groups of closely related cattle breeds native to the shires of Aberdeen, Kincardie and Angus.
Angus cattle are polled and can be fl or red in colour although fl is the dominant colour.
www.angusaustralia.com.au /AiA_Angus_in_Aus.htm   (417 words)

  
 Aberdeen Angus cattle on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Marketing boost for Angus beef; l THE Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society was founded 122 years ago, and is dedicated to promoting the interests and welfare of producers of pedigree Aberdeen-Angus cattle.(Features)
Angus beef boost; l THE Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society was founded 122 years ago, and is dedicated to promoting the interests and welfare of producers of pedigree Aberdeen-Angus cattle.(Features)
Society on the up.(membership data for Aberdeen Angus Cattle Society)(Brief Article)
www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-A1berA1ng.asp   (313 words)

  
 GO BRITANNIA! Scotland: Great Scots of Note
The Aberdeen Angus, made popular by a chain of restaurants now proliferating all over North America and Europe (and no doubt in many countries in Asia and Africa as well), originated from the naturally hornless aboriginal cattle of the counties of Aberdeen and Angus.
One legend concerning St. Andrew is that when the Pictish King Angus, faced with a large invading army, prayed for divine guidance, a saltire (the diagonal cross) appeared in the shape of a white cloud against the blue sky.
Angus won a decisive victory and decreed that Andrew would be the patron saint of his country.
www.britannia.com /celtic/scotland/greatscots/a1.html   (1804 words)

  
 www.angus.org - American Angus Association
Breeder's Reference - In keeping with the open policy of the American Angus Association, a "Breeder's Reference" is published periodically in the Angus Journal to inform breeders of Angus cattle determined free of genetic defects, those determined carriers of genetic defects or genetic factors, and those determined carriers of nontraditional blood.
Angus Optimal Milk Module - A new educational module is now available for commercial producers.
Angus Optimal Milk allows you to input your current average cow weight and cow herd milking level, as well as your annual estimated pasture and feed cost, to arrive at a milk EPD range matched to your needs.
www.angus.org   (372 words)

  
 Breeds of Livestock - Red Angus Cattle
Early in the development of the Aberdeen Angus, Hugh Watson of Keillor, Scotland arbitrarily decided that fl was the proper color for the breed, and thereby started a fashion.
Red Angus are Angus; yet the Red Angus breeders’ history of leadership and innovation have made a profound difference in the red strain.
In Canada, where red and fl Angus cattle are registered together (which is the case in most countries), the number of red cattle registered is approximately the same as the fl strain.
www.ansi.okstate.edu /breeds/cattle/redangus   (1907 words)

  
 CATTLE BREEDS --ANGUS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In Angus, the herds of William Fullerton, Lord Panmure, Lord Southesk, and Alexander Bowie contributed many of the Angus doddies that later became prominent in the breed.
Angus breed through his successes in the show ring, but he outstripped all of his competition in England, Scotland, and France.
When George Grant transported four Angus bulls from Scotland to the middle of the Kansas prairie in 1873, they were part of the Scotsman's dream to found a colony of wealthy, stock-raising Britishers.
www.embryoplus.com /cattle_angus.html   (2745 words)

  
 Angus cattle on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Often called Black Angus or Aberdeen Angus cattle, they have low, compact bodies and are noted for the fine quality of their flesh.
Cattle at Herr's Angus farm in Chester County, Pennsylvania, feed on a mix that includes leftovers from the nearby Herr's snack plant.
Dennis Byrne, farm manager at Herr's Angus Farm in Chester County, Pennsylvania, displays a mix of food for the cattle that includes leftovers from the nearby Herr's snack plant.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/A/Anguscat.asp   (759 words)

  
 New York Beef Producer's Association
The county of Angus was early noted for its production of potatoes, grain crops, and feed.
In the county of Angus, cattle had existed for some time that were known as Angus doddies.
It was only natural that breeders, in improving their cattle, would but cattle of similar kinds from adjacent areas, and as a result, the cattle of the Angus doddie strain and the Buchan humlie strain were crossed.
www.tjbailey.com /nybpa/angus.htm   (470 words)

  
 Untitled Article
Since the first Angus Herdbook was not published until 1862, it can be presumed that the introduction of improved Shorthorn blood in the early part of the nineteenth century had a positive impact on what was to become the modern Aberdeen Angus breed.
According to Briggs, "the (purchased) females were of various colors, but the bull was fl; Watson decided the color of his herd should be fl and he started to select in that direction." Although fl became the most desired color for the breed, because red is a recessive gene, it would remain in the genepool.
Although Red Angus is not known as a "show breed", the Association does sponsor a National Show each year with the judge being provided all pertinent objective information such as EPDs.
www.redangus1.org /newredsite/themagazine/julyaug03/history.html   (2313 words)

  
 Saskatchwan Angus Association
The Canadian Aberdeen Angus Association was formed in 1905, incorporated in 1906 and has played a vital role in Canada's beef industry ever since.
In 1968 the Canadian Angus herd books were opened again to Red Angus Cattle, and Red Angus now account for almost half of the calves registered each year with the Canadian Angus Association.
The red factor that results in Red Angus is a recessive gene from the early development of Black Angus in Scotland.
www.saskatchewanangus.com /history.htm   (296 words)

  
 Aberdeen on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
ABERDEEN, SD -- President George W. Bush waves to the crowd after speaking at a campaign event for U.S. Senate Republican candidate John Thune, far left, at the Barnett Center in Aberdeen, South Dakot
Aberdeen's split personality Martin Gilbert suffered a brutal tongue lashing from critics during the split-capital crisis that engulfed Aberdeen Asset Management, which he founded.
ABERDEEN, SD -- President George W. Bush speaks to the crowd at a campaign event for U.S. Senate candidate John Thune, center left, at the Barnett Center in Aberdeen, South Dakota, on Thursday October
www.encyclopedia.com /html/A/AberdeenU1S1.asp   (831 words)

  
 S A Angus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The early written history of Angus is obscure and lost in the unwritten annals of 16th century Scotland.
The main local breed in Aberdeen was very similar to that in Angus and the double-barrelled name therefore fits the origin of the breed perfectly.
The first importation of Angus into South Africa was in 1895, when ten Aberdeen-Angus cattle arrived on the farm of Mr J Newburg in the Free State.
studbook.co.za /society/angus/origin.html   (1114 words)

  
 Angus --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The council area lies entirely within the historic county of Angus, which also includes the city of Dundee and a small area south of Coupar Angus in the Perth and Kinross council area.
The breed was developed in the shires, or counties, of Aberdeen and Angus, probably in the middle 1700s.
Angus cattle were first brought to the United States in 1873.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9007616?tocId=9007616&query=aberdeen   (680 words)

  
 The History of Red Angus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This is emphasized by current efforts in Britain to revive the red strain of Aberdeen Angus.
One of two existing red Aberdeen Angus herds had been exported to Argentina, and the other was dispersed.
In Canada, where red and fl Angus cattle are registered together (which is the case in most countries), the number of red cattle registered outnumbers the fl strain.
redangus.org /magazine/editionjan99/theredbreed.html   (2067 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: ABERDEEN-ANGUS CATTLE
Two types of polled fl cattle-from the counties of Aberdeen and Angus in southeastern Scotland-were crossbred, and over the years the Aberdeen-Angus breed was developed.
The first Angus cattle imported to the United States arrived in 1873; Scotsman George Grant brought in four bulls to his ranch in Victoria, Kansas.
Hundreds of Angus cattle were shipped to Texas in the last decade of the 1800s, and Texas breeders were among the first to use the cattle for crossbreeding, as the calves produced were generally thicker and heavier at weaning time.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/AA/atarj.html   (573 words)

  
 MAA Angus Cattle Producer & Consumer Information
The Red Angus movement in Canada was officially set in motion in 1968, when the Canadian Aberdeen-Angus Association herd books were opened to Red Angus cattle.
Essentially, the only difference between Red and Black Angus is that all Red Angus cattle registered in Canada must have the word "Red" as a prefix in their name.
In research trials, Angus cattle have demonstrated the ability to produce the type of beef that retailers and consumers are looking for...
www.mbangus.ca /angus.htm   (308 words)

  
 Angus Meats Wales   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The animals are born and reared at Penclippin Farm, slaughtered locally, then hung to maturity to enhance the full flavour before being cut and packed, also at Penclippin.
Aberdeen Angus Beef has the reputation of being the finaest beef money can buy, giving full flavour together with a melt in the mouth tenderness.
Penclippin is a grassland farm on the border between Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire where the herd of Aberdeen Angus cattle live.
www.angusmeatswales.co.uk   (73 words)

  
 Breeds of Livestock - Angus Cattle
In the northeastern part of Scotland lie the four counties of Aberdeen, Banff, Kincardine, and Angus.
The presence of polled cattle in Aberdeenshire 400 years ago is proved beyond the shadow of a doubt, and it may generally be taked for granted that they were co-existent in various parts of northeastern Scotland, their purity being contingent on the degree of care exercised in breeding.
William Fullerton, who was born in 1810, began to breed cattle in 1833.
www.ansi.okstate.edu /breeds/cattle/angus   (2749 words)

  
 Cattle - Aberdeen Angus
The Aberdeen Angus comes originally of the pasture-lands of Scotland, where it was bred over 100 years ago.
The crossbreeding of pure Scottish Angus(AA) breed with the German two-utilisation breed began more than 40 years ago, wich is the date of birth of the German breed (DA).
Minding the pasture-ground, the Aberdeen Angus can be held outside the whole year.
www.agrota-2l.hu /eng/szarvasmarha/aberdeen-angus.html   (190 words)

  
 Woodington Aberdeen Angus - Providing Devon with top quality cattle since 1986   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
We are a traditional farmer and Angus breeder and have many pedigree bulls and cows for sale.
Woodington Aberdeen Angus, Devon, is proud of its reputation for producing top quality Aberdeen Angus cattle.
We are traditional farmers breeding modern Aberdeen Angus for pedigree and commercial herds, with stock available for sale.
www.cattlebreederdevon.com   (175 words)

  
 News Letter: Stovold herd wins Aberdeen-Angus award@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
AN Aberdeen-Angus herd in Surrey, which is cashing in on the demand for quality beef in the stockbroker belt, has been named as Aberdeen- Angus Suckler Herd of the Year for 2000.
The annual nationwide competition, which recognises the successful use of Aberdeen-Angus in commercial beef production, is organised by the Aberdeen- Angus Cattle Society with sponsorship from Bank of Scotland.
This year's winner, Angus Stovold, runs a herd of 180 suckler cows, mostly purebred Aberdeen-Angus, on two farms near Shackleford, Godalming, selling quality outdoor-reared Aberdeen-Angus...
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:43335349&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (204 words)

  
 Mead Angus Farm - Barnett, Missouri
To raise quality registered Angus cattle in an environment similar to which the commercial breeder raises cattle.
Mead Angus Farm was founded in 1942 by Johnnie W. Mead.
The Farm headquarters is currently in Barnett, Missouri and the total herd capacity is around 600 cows.
www.skally.net /mead   (143 words)

  
 Aberdeen Angus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In Europe, and especially in the Netherlands the number of Aberdeen Angus cows is limited.
With 140 cows of top quality Valentine's Stables is the largest breeder of the Netherlands, which has attracted the attention of the trade press (in dutch).
The meat of the Aberdeen Angus breed is well- known among gastronomes.
www.valentinesstables.nl /english/page2.html   (336 words)

  
 Angus (from cattle) --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
The Angus (formerly called Aberdeen Angus) is an all-fl, hornless breed.
More results on "Angus (from cattle)" when you join.
The Polled Shorthorn and the Polled Hereford breeds were established by locating and breeding the few naturally hornless animals to be found among the horned herds of Shorthorns and Herefords, first established as distinctive breeds in...
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-234101?tocId=234101&ct=eb   (740 words)

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