Angus, Boran and Red Poll sires were mated to Ankole, Boran and small East African Zebu (Zebu) females to produce the cows characterized in this study, which produced calves by Friesian, Brown Swiss, Simmental, Boran and Red Poll sires. Boran) at the fatstock show and a fairly wide range in weights, sizes and age. Data were analyzed to estimate the effects of heterosis and breed on a series of maternal and individual traits. In second place was a group of Boran cross Simmental steers who A breed developed from the native short horned Zebu cattle of the Borana Oromo people of southern Ethiopia usually white or fawn, with the bulls being darker with black point. In the pen of three steers with no more than 2 teeth, the win-ning pen was a group of boran cross Charolais steers, I believe from Solio. Angus X Boran and Red Poll X Boran crossbred dams were compared specifically with straightbred Boran dams. and Simmental crosses in Holetta were not different (P > 0.05). Although it is an old breed, but the first herd book was established in the Swiss Canton of Berne in 1806. (Groomes, 1998). Boran Cattle Breeders' Society of SA. F3 CALVES FROM F2 MOTHERS Boran x Gelbveih / Sussex crosses. Early records indicate that, the Simmental cattle were actually the result of a cross between large cattle from Germany and a smaller breed indigenous to Switzerland. Identify Simmental body types. the odd Simmental bull would be included occasionally. However, the LSM for IY and LL were not different (P > 0.05) among the three exotic breeds in Bako. Crossbred cows were Boran X Ankole and Boran X Zebu; straight-bred cows were Ankole, Boran and Small East African Zebu (Zebu). We agreed to do away with the few Friesian bulls that Kakuzi has maintained for the dairy and now aim to breed 30 -35% of all our breeding cows to Sim-mental bulls. Exotic (Angus, Red Poll) X Boran crossbred dams exceeded straightbred Boran dams by 27.0% (P less than .05) in calf crop born, by 8.3% (P less than .05) in progeny birth weight and by 14.7% (P less than .01) in progeny weaning weight. THANK YOU. F2 CALF FROM SIMMENTAL / BORAN F1 MOTHER. When Simmental semen was imported for the first time into the USA in the 60’s, breeders in Texas used it on the Brahman and the performance of the half-blood cross was without parallel. In Africa there are two main races of Cattle: Bos indicus (cattle with humps) including the Boran, Sahiwal and Zebu cows (indigenous) and the Bos taurus (exotic or imported breeds).The two races can cross breed, and the crosses can be very productive both in terms of growth rates for beef, improved milk production as well as disease resistance. FCR 4.36. However, the advantages o iB o s in d icu s crosses were tempered by older age at puberty (Cundiff et al., 1986), and reduced meat ... BORAN HOLSTEIN CROSSES IN FEEDLOT. The South African Boran was founded out of a need by commercial farmers that were tired of over managed and over fed animals and started searching for the ultimate grass fed animal. Boran. That was the birth of the Simbrah (with a “h”) and the first animal was registered by the American Simmental Association in 1977. A very uniform group and all finished very well. Hereford or Angus dams) crosses were exceptionally productive and efficient cows (Cundiff et al., 1986- Green et al., 1991), especially in subtropical environments (Olson et al., 1991). This would give us plenty of good Boran x Simmental for our two ranch dairies as well as provide a good number of cross heifers The LSM for LY, PY and YD for Simmental and Friesian crosses were higher (P < 0.0001) than the Jersey cross cows in Bako. It had to survive in our country’s diverse climate and handle periodic droughts without human intervention and good management. Cows of all breed groups were mated to Friesian, Brown Swiss and Simmental sires to produce crossbred progeny. While all Simmental are noticeably blockish, they are not as rectangular as some other breeds, such as Limousins.Simmental cattle tend to have more loose dewlap – the skin that hangs beneath their chin and their underside – than many other common types of cattle. The Boran …