CATTLE BREEDING
Cattle are the most important of all the animals domesticated by man, and, next to the dog, the most ancient.
• Importance of cattle breeding
• Cattle breeding in Turkey and World
• History
• Domestication of cattle
• Species characteristic of cattle
• Dairy cattle breeding
• Beef cattle breeding
Advantages of cattle breeding
• High production
• Adaptation ability
• Easy management
Cattle breeding in the World
• Center of meat production
• Center of milk production
• Zebu
• Domestic cattle
• Water buffalo
Year 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2013 Total 465685 512420 542595 540723 568487 650736 720980 768640 Cattle 90,71 89,47 88,31 86,03 85,3 83,93 83,17 82,68 Water
buffalo 5,91 7,22 8,13 10,08 10,89 12,10 12,83 13,27
Camel 0,26 0,25 0,25 0,24 0,23 0,28 0,3 0,3
Sheep 1,47 1,41 1,48 1,48 1,44 1,39 1,39 1,31
Goat 1,66 1,64 1,84 2,18 2,15 2,3 2,31 2,33
Milk production in the World (1000 ton) and ratio of different species in milk production (%) (FAO, 2013)
Continents
Cattle number (Million
head)
Total milk production (Million ton)
Cattle milk production (Million ton)
The ratio of cattle in total production (%)
The ratio of continents in
cattle milk production (%)
World 1467,5 768,64 635,57 82,68 100
Asia 494,9 292,38 177,47 60,70 27,9
Africa 304,7 45,89 34,12 74,35 5,4
Europe 122,0 216,02 210,27 97,33 33,1
America 505,5 185,86 185,22 99,65 29,1
Oceania 40,2 28,47 28,47 100 4,5
Cattle number, milk production and ratio of cattle to the continents (2013, FAO)
Cattle number, milk production and milk yield per head in some countries (FAO, 2013)
Countries
Cattle Number (Milion head)
Dairy Cattle Number (Million head)
Cattle Milk Production (Million ton)
Milk Production per head (kg)
World 1494,3 270,84 635,57 2347
Canada 12,21 0,96 8,39 8739
Denmark 1,61 0,58 5,10 8765
France 19,09 3,69 23,71 6414
Germany 12,58 4,27 31,12 7292
Greece 0,67 0,21 0,80 3810
Hungary 0,76 0,26 1,76 6769
Israel 0,46 0,13 1,39 11037
Italy 6,09 2,00 10,39 5175
Japan 4,06 0,99 7,50 7576
Kazakhstan 5,85 2,18 4,89 2245
Netherlands 3,99 1,59 12,20 7644
New Zealand 10,01 4,78 18,88 3946
Russia 19,93 7,76 30,28 3889
South Africa 14,00 1,00 3,40 3400
Switzerland 1,56 0,59 4,00 6786
Ukrain 4,64 2,51 11,19 4447
England 9,84 1,80 13,94 7757
USA 89,30 9,21 91,27 9901
Mexican 32,00 2,41 10,96 4549
Turkey 13,92 5,60 16,65 2970
Meat production in the World (1000 ton) and ratio of different species in meat production (%) (FAO, 2013)
Year 1980 1990 2000 2010 2013
Total Meat Production 136527 179598 233218 292679 310379
cattle 33,37 29,75 24,51 21,29 20,61
water buffalo 1,18 1,26 1,31 1,17 1,19
chicken 16,31 19,69 24,42 29,41 30,96
goat 1,24 1,48 1,58 1,76 1,73
sheep 4,13 3,91 3,26 2,91 2,76
pig 38,58 38,9 38,98 37,33 36,41
turkey 1,5 2,06 2,06 1,81 1,76
other 3,17 2,95 3,88 4,32 4,54
Cattle number, total meat production, red meat production and ratio of cattle to the continents (2013, FAO)
Continents
Cattle number (Million
head)
Ratio (%)
Total Meat Production (million ton)
Ratio (%)
Total Red ProductionMeat (million ton)
Ratio (%)
Cattle Meat Production (million ton)
Ratio (%)
The Ratio of Cattle in Red Meat Production
(%)
Oceania 40,2 2,7 6,27 2 4,54 2,32 2,9 4,5 63,81
America 505,5 34,4 97,58 31,4 51,07 26,13 30,87 48,3 59,92 Europe 122,4 8,3 58,00 18,7 38,52 19,73 10,14 15,8 26,62
Africa 304,7 20,8 17,35 5,6 10,79 5,53 5,69 8,9 52,44
Asia 494,9 33,7 131,16 42.3 90,32 46,26 14,37 22,5 16,42 World 1467,5 100 310,38 100 195,24 100 63,98 100 33,13
Cattle and slaughtered cattle number, cattle meat production and carcass weight per head in some countries (FAO, 2013)
Country Cattle number (Million head)
Slaughtered cattle number in a slaughterhouse
(Million head)
Cattle meat production
(Million ton) Carcass weight (kg)
World 1494,3 298,80 63,98 214
Canada 12,21 3,06 1,05 343
Denmark 1,61 0,5 0,13 260
Germany 12,58 3,48 1,10 316
Greece 0,67 0,33 0,07 212
Hungary 0,76 0,9 0,02 222
Israel 0,46 0,38 0,13 342
Italy 6,09 3,07 0,84 274
Japan 4,06 1,18 0,51 432
Kazakhstan 5,85 2,30 0,38 165
Netherlands 3,99 1,93 0,37 192
New Zealand 10,01 2,62 0,56 214
Russia 19,93 8,57 1,63 190
South Africa 14,00 2,98 0,85 285
Switzerland 1,56 0,65 0,14 215
England 9,84 2,62 0,84 321
USA 89,30 33,35 11,70 351
Mexican 32,00 8,79 1,80 205
Turkey 13,92 3,43 0,87 253