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WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEEF TAURUS AND BEEF INDICUS?

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DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.10183.98727

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WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEEF TAURUS AND BEEF INDICUS?
Jah Saiyidah Binti Mohd Hanapiah and Nurul Nuraliya Binti Shahrai*
Livestock Production Programme, Faculty of Sustainable Agriculture, University Malaysia Sabah (Sandakan Campus), 90000
Sandakan, Sabah.
*Corresponding author : aliya.shahrai@ums.edu.my

CATTLE BREED

Europe Origin India (Asian)

No hump Hump Present hump

Head short and wide Head Long head

Wide and outstanding Hip Bone Narrow and angular

Legs short and Legs longer and

moving slow Leg
faster moving
Large and more
Less sweat glands Sweat Gland
sweat glands
Temperate Tropical/sub-tropical
Adaptability
climate or humid climates

Large amount Subcutaneous Fat Small amount

Positive carcass Decrease

Carcass Quality
trait carcass trait
Skin tightly to
body dewlap Skin Skin very loose
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Bos Taurus Humpless Domestic Cattle. 2002.

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