Beef Cattle Discovery - Breeds - Wagyu
Beef Cattle Discovery - Breeds - Wagyu
Wagyu
- Origin - Japan
- Color - Solid Black or Solid Brown
- Other Descriptors - Horned, extreme marbling
- Important Traits - Superior meat quality (nicely marbled), calving ease, and also used in terminal meat programs with breeds like Angus and Holstein to increase meat quality grade of the first cross progeny.
![Wagyu - Bull](/sites/afs.ca.uky.edu/files/inline-images/wagyu_-_bull.jpg)
![Wagyu - Cow](/sites/afs.ca.uky.edu/files/inline-images/wagyu_-_cow.jpg)