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Short notes on cattle rearingshort notes on cattle rearing

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They can survive on sparse pasturage. Beef cattle rearing are also the means of livelihood for thousands of people in many areas of Asia and Africa.

While in many countries like Argentina, Australia, New Zealand it is done for the commercial purpose. Due to the introduction of refrigeration in the 1880s, the international trade in beef expanded rapidly.

Chilled meat is transported in cold storage chambers at a temperature just below freezing point, so that it arrives in the consuming countries in fresh state. There is a consid­erable trade in corned beef (canned, cooked meat), beef extracts, ox-tongues and other prepared and cooked canned beef products.

There are several breeds of beef cattle. Western Europe is the home of many beef cattle breeds. The Aberdeen Angus breed originated in Abesdeenshire, Scotland. It was first imported into the USA in 1850 and now a new breed, the Red Angus become important. The Hereford breeds now cross-breed called Polled Hereford, developed in US and Canada.