Red Brangus

The Red Brangus is an American breed of hybrid beef cattle, with both taurine and indicine genetic heritage. Development began in Texas in the 1940s.^[4]: 752 It is a colour variant of the Brangus, a hybrid of American Angus and Brahman cattle, and differs from it only in colour. There are two herd-books, one international and one American. For international registration the animal must be of 5/8 Angus and 3/8 Brahman descent; in the United States, it may be any mix of the two breeds, but registration is conditional on inspection.^[5]: 138

Red Brangus

A bull
Conservation status	FAO (2007): not at risk[1]: 145  DAD-IS (2022): unknown/at risk[2]
Country of origin	United States of America
Distribution	Panama, Peru, USA, Vietnam[3]
Standard	American Red Brangus Association
Use	beef
Traits
Coat	red
Horn status	polled
Cattle Hybrid Bos (primigenius) taurus/indicus

History

The American Brahman breed of indicine cattle was established in 1924.^[5]: 137 In the early 1930s, development of the Brangus taurine-indicine hybrid breed through cross-breeding between American Angus and Brahman stock began in Louisiana.^[5]: 138 The idea was to create a hybrid combining some of the meat qualities and polledness of the Angus with some of the resistance to heat and disease of the Brahman.^[5]: 138

In the 1940s a Texas rancher named Matthew Levi, who had a grey Brahman bull and a herd of black Angus cows, found that matings yielded both black and red calves. He preferred the red hybrids, and bred from them.^[4]: 752 The Red Brangus was recognised as a breed in 1956.^[5]: 138

There are two herd-books, one international and one American. For the international association the animal must be of 5/8 Angus and 3/8 Brahman descent; for the other, it may be any mix of the two breeds, but registration is conditional on inspection.^[5]: 138

In 2000–2001 the total population in the USA numbered 2647, down from 5205 in 1990.^[6]: 40

Characteristics

The Red Brangus is polled, red-coated and of medium size.^{[4]: 752 [5]: 138}