The different breeds of Poultry and Livestock

Table 1. types and breeds of different poultry species

Breed/Species Type Origin Physical Description

Chickens:

1. Wyandotte Dual purpose type North America Its yellow skinned

meat
2. Sikie Fancy type China Silky feathers

3. Brahma Broiler type United states Strong beak

4. Plymouth Rock Dual purpose type United states Moderately full breast

5. Orpington Dual purpose type United Kingdom Curvy shape

6. Ameraucana Broiler type United states Blue egg gene

7. Ayam Cimani Fancy type Indonesia Black feathers

8. Polish Fancy type Europe Small v-shaped form

9. Asil Game fowl India Very beautiful chest

10. Naked Fancy type Romania Devoid of feathers on

its neck and vent
Ducks:

1. Mallard Egg type Europe Iconic green head

2. American Egg type United states Creamy white

Pekin plumage
3. Cayuga Meat type United states Medium class

4. Swedish Blue Meat type Sweden Climate tolerance

5. Indian Runner Egg type East Indies Long necks

6. Call Duck Meat type Netherlands Short bill

7. Saxony Meat type Chemnitz Heavy duck

8. Rouen Meat type France Horizontal carriage

 9. Khaki Egg type Uley Rich dark-orange legs
Campbell
10. Welsh Egg type Wales Long bodies
Harlequin
Quails:

1. Japanese Egg type Japan Dark brown

2. King Egg type Asia Black and white

facial pattern
3. Gambe’s Egg type United states Gregarious birds

4. Mearn’s Egg type United states Round body

5. Mountain Egg type West united states Short tail

6. Scaled Egg type South western Blue quail

7. California Egg type California Mexico Black teardrop crest

Turkeys:

1. Royal Palm Meat type America Pure white

2. Midget White Meat type Turkey Small stature

Ostriches:

1. Masai Meat type East Africa They have powerful

legs

2. Arabian Meat type Arabia White tail feathers

3. Southern Meat type Africa With two toes

4. North African Meat type North eastern Africa White tail feathers

Geese:

1. Australian Meat type Australia Long black neck

2. Ornamental Meat type Pennsylvania With color pattern

3. Toulouse Meat type Toulouse Large pendulous

4. Goslings Meat type Europe Clumsy birds
5. African Meat type China Bulky birds
 6. Brown Meat type Egypt Short black tail

7. Pomeranian Meat type Germany Reddish orange legs

8. Embden Meat type Germany Graceful neck

9. Black Meat type North America Black head

10. Buff Meat type North America Colored feathers

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CHICKEN:

1. Wyandotte
2. Silkie

3. Brahma
4. Plymouth Rock

5. Ameraucan
6. Ayam Cimani

7. Polish
8. Orpington

9. Asil
 10. Naked

DUCKS

1. Mallard
2. American Pekin

3. Cayuga
4. Swedish Blue

5. Indian Runner
6. Call Duck

7. Saxony
8. Rouen

9. Khaki Champbell
 10. Welsh Harlequin

QUAILS

1. Japanese
2. King

3. Gambel’s
4. Mearns

5. Mountain
6. Scaled

7. California
TURKEYS

1. Royal Palm

2. Midget White
OSTRICHES

1. Masai

2. Arabian
3. Southern

4. North African
GEESE:

1. Australian

2. Ornamental
3. Toulouse

4. Gosling
5. African

6. Brown
7. Pomeranian

8. Embden
9. Black

10. Buff
Table 2. types of poultry species
Types: Descriptions:

a. Egg type/Layer type • Small in size

• Layers of white or brown-shelled eggs
• Active and nervous in temperament
• Non-sitters
• Good foragers
• Clean-legged
• White or creamy earlobes
b. Meat type • White plumage
• Body is long
• Broad and up
• Shape and standard weight
c. Dual purpose type • Medium-sized
• Good layers
• Less active than layer breeds
• Lays brown-shelled eggs
• Good sitters and fine mothers
• Fairly good foragers
d. Fancy type • Unusual appearance
• Decidedly beautiful plumage and form
• Chiefly raised for ornamental fowls
e. Broiler type • Large
• Slow in movement
• Quite and gentle in disposition
• Poor foragers
• Generaly lay brown-shelled eggs
• Sitters
• Good mothers
• Late maturing
f. Game fowls (Fighting cocks) • Are breed for gameness, pugnacity,
style, and stamina in fighting.
• Produced for the performance inside
the cockpit arena
Table 3. Types and breeds of different ruminant species
Species/Breed Type Origin Production Physical
Characteristics Description
Goat:

1. Alpine Dairy West Asia, Adaptability to Straight ears/

Eastern environmental Multicolor
Europe Reproductive rate
Growth rate
Carcass characteristics

2. Boer Meat Africa Fast growth rate with Very hardy

excellent carcass and can
qualities adopt themselves
with almost
all types of weather
and climate.

3. American Diary North Used either as zoo It is small, compact

pigmy America animals or for research; and stickily built.
some were later kept Small, cobby
and bred as companion and compact
animals and established and is not
as a breed in 1975 fine-boned like the
dairy breeds

4. Saanen Dairy Switzerland It has a dished or Heavy milk

straight facial line and a producers and
wedge-shaped body usually yield
between 3% and 4%
fat
5. Nigerian Dairy United states A surprising amount of Full-grown animals
dwarf milk and is essentially range from 16-21
a miniature dairy goat inches tall at the
withers for does and
23.5 inches tall at
the withers for bucks
 6. Anglo Nubian Meat United They are very famous Most often black,
Kingdom for their beautiful look, red, or tan
England milk and meat
production

7. Damascus Dairy Syria Are large thus making Ears are long and
them good producers pendulous
of meat and hide for measuring between
27 cm and 22 cm in
leather production
length
8. Jamnapari Dairy Indonesia Carry long and thick Both sexes have
hair on there horns.
hindquarters and have
a glossy coat

9. Mountain Meat New Zealand A subalpine to alpine Display horns that

goat species, it is a sure- are erect rather than
footed climber curling
commonly seen on
cliffs and ice. Mostly
found in mountains,
exotic
10. Angora Meat Asia Known for fleece. The Generally have
fleece taken is called heavy and dropping
mohair. ears. Legs are short
and small size

Cattle:

1. Angus Meat Scotland Are renowned as Are naturally polled

a carcass breed and can be black or
red in colour
although black is the
dominant colour,
white may
occasionally appear
on the udder
2. Highland Meat Scottish Have relatively docile They are usually
temperament and are black, red, white,
of good behavior brindle, yellow,
silver or dun in color
3. Holstein Dairy Northern Are its large size, Are its large size,
Friesian Holland black and white black, white spotted
spotted markings, markings, sharply
sharply defined rather defined rather than
than blended blended

4. Jersey Dairy Jersey May give over 10 Are relatively

times their own weight a smaller
in milk per lactation sized dairy
cattle breed

5. Hereford Meat Herefordshire Good calves They have

production white flanks and
white markings
below the knees and
hocks also

6. Charolaise Meat Southeastern Have demonstrated They have a short,

France good growth ability, broad head and
efficient feedlot gains heavily muscled
loins and haunches
and in carcass cut-out
values
7. Simental Dual Simmental Traits in dairy cows Ideally the hair
purpose is soft and
short

8. Belgian blue Meat Belgium Carcass characteristic A large sized animal

wherein it has extremely with rounded outline
lean, hyper-sculpted, and prominent
ultra-muscular muscles
physique is termed
"double-muscling"
9. Brangus Meat Australia They produce lean Have a
meat with almost no moderate hump
excess fat, and there
meat has great
marbling quality
 10. Limousine Meat France Fast growth and The neck is short
the production of
exceptionally
high yielding
carcasses with little fat.
Buffalo:

1. Murrah River India Very good for milk Their ears are short,
production alert and thin

2. Nili-Ravi Swamp Pakistan Milk production ranges Their horns are small
from 1500 liters to and curly and
1900 liters per lactation have wall
and the milk contains eyes
5% to 8% fat content

3. Surti River India Milk production The horns grow in a

purpose downward and
backward direction
and then upwards
at the tip
forming a
hook

4. Jafarabadi River India Raised for Have heavy heads

milk production with fairly large,
thick, flat horns,
which drop on the
sides of the neck and
go on upwards till
the ears

5. Carabao / Swamp Negeri Used widely for medium size and

Swamp Sembilan intensive milk docile temperament
buffalo production and
for fattening
6. Nagpuri River India Very good in milk The heaviest
production buffalo
breeds
 7. Romanian Swamp Romanian Are mainly used for Has a low,
milk, meat and wide and
draught powder heavy build body.

8. Banni River India A high milk The bullocks are

production level good for heavy
trotting work but
slow in movement

9. Italian Swamp Campania Average 277 days, and Coat color is uni-
Mediterranean generally yields 1600- coloured and in black
1800 kg of milk.
10. Trau Bau Yen Swamp Vietnam Small mass production Its night grazing
quality
Horse:

1. Abyssinian Ethiopia Have high Short in height

milk production and
- the milk is fermented
into koumiss.
2. Albanian Albania Used more for Dark colours or grey
horse - transport and riding
than for agricultural
purposes.
3. Altai horse America Crossing breed Short yet strong legs
-
4. American United states Breeding It is recognized by
Cream Draft - its cream color,
known as "gold
champagne"
5. American United states Use for breeding Broad pinto spotting
Paint Horse - production for race
6. American United states Produced well-built, Has a muscular neck
Quarter Horse - fast, ranch horses for
King Ranch

7. Andalusian Spain Meat production and Has a long head with

horse - competitive driving broad forehead and
events convex profile
 8. Arabian horse Arabian The Arabian is a Most display a
- versatile breed. distinctive concave,
Arabians dominate the or "dished" profile.
discipline of endurance
riding and compete
today in many other
fields of equestrian
sport.

9. Ardennes Ardennes Used mainly for meat, Their heads are

horse - due to its extensive heavy, with a broad
musculature. face and a straight or
slightly convex
profile.
Mule:

1. American United states Bred for an ass that Sturdy and tall, with
Mammoth - could be used massive legs and
Jackstock to produce strong work large, well-made
heads.
mules
2. Baudet du French For the production of The limb joints and
Poitou - mules feet are large, and
the legs strong
3. Andalusian Spain Transport, Male: 160 cm:418;
donkey - Siring mules Female: 150 cm:418;

4. Poitevin horse France Breeding mules 700–900 kg:496;

-
5. Grand Noir du France All products Male: 1.35–1.45 m;
Berry - are produced on- Female: minimum
demand and shipped 1.30 m
worldwide
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GOAT

1. Alpine

2. Boer
3. American Pigmy

4. Saanen
5. Nigerian Dwarf

6. Anglo Nubian
7. Damascus

8. Jamnapari
9. Rocky Mountain goat

10. Angora
CATTLE

1. Angus

2. Highland
3. Holstein Friesian

4. Jersey
5. Hereford

6. Charolaise
7. Simmental

8. Belgian Blue
9. Brangus

10. Limousine
BUFFALO

1. Murrah

2. Nili-Ravi
3. Surti

4. Jafarabadi
5. Carabao

6. Nagpuri
7. Romanian

8. Bani
9. Italian Mediterranean

10. Trau Bau Yen

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HORSE

1. Abyssinian

2. Albanian Horse
3. Altai Horse

4. American Cream Draft

5. American Paint Horse

6. American Quarter Horse

7. Andalusian Horse

8. Arabian Horse
 9. Ardennes Horse

MULE

1. American Mammoth Jack stock

2. Baudet du Poitou

3. Andalusian Donkey
4. Poi Tevin Horse

5. Grand Noir du Berry

 6. Bourbonnais Donkey

Table 4. Types and breeds of swine

Breed Type Origin Physical Description

1. Large type Lard type United Kingdom Large white pig

2. Duroc Meat type United States Partially dropping ears

3. Berkshire Lard type United Kingdom Have prick ears

4. Hampshire Meat type Scotland Erect ears

5. Tamworth Bacon type Ireland Narrow body

6. Poland Lard type Ohio Ears droop

7. Pietrain Bacon type Wallonia White with black spot

8. Chester white Meat type Pennsylvania Totally white

9. Thouc nhieu Small type Northern Vietnam Dominant in sweet-

water
 10. Spotted Poland Lard type China 50% black and 50%
white
11. Guinea Hog Bacon type United States Curly tail

12. Wessex Bacon type England Tall and rangy

Saddleback

13. Mukota Lard type Zimbabwe Straight tail

14. Meishan Bacon type China Mainly black in color

and large drooping ears
15. Harefored Meat type Lowa Medium sized drooping
ears
16. Black Iberian Bacon type Spain Long floppy ears

17. Oxford sandy Bacon type England Sandy brown with

and black black patches
18. Gloucester old Meat type Gloucestershire Predominantly white
spot with black spot
19. Red wattle hog Bacon type United States Red color and
distinctive wattles
20. Basque Meat type French Black and pink color

Table 5. Types of hogs

Types: Descriptions

1. Lard type • Immensely large

• Great finishing ability
2. Bacon type • Most common in areas where feeds are
not so fattening
• Build sufficient muscles for desirable
bacon
3. Meat type • Intermediate between lard and bacon
• Has combined muscling, length of body,
balance and the ability to reach market
weight early and finish without excess fat
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HOGS

1. Large white

2. Duroc
3. Berkshire

4. Hamsphire
5. Tamworth

6. Poland
7. Peitrein

8. Chester white
9. Thuoc nhieu

10. Spotted Poland

11. Guinea hog

12. Wessex Saddleback

13. Mukota

14. Meishan
15. Hareford

16. Black Iberian

17. Oxford sandy and black

18. Gloucester old

19. Red wattle hog

20. Basque