Red Brangus
{{Short description|American breed of cattle}}
{{Infobox cattle breed
| name = Red Brangus
| image = Red Brangus Bull.png
| image_size =
| image_alt = A bull
| image_caption = A bull
| status = {{ubl|FAO (2007): not at risk{{r|barb|p=145}}|DAD-IS (2022): unknown/at risk{{r|dad}}}}
| country = United States of America
| distribution = Panama, Peru, USA, Vietnam{{r|dad2}}
| standard = {{ubl|{{nobreak|[https://americanredbrangus.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Standards-of-Excellence.pdf American Red Brangus Association]}}}}
| use = beef
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| coat = red
| horn = polled
| subspecies = hybrid
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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.{{r|felius|p=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.{{r|cabi|p=138}}
History
The American Brahman breed of indicine cattle was established in 1924.{{r|cabi|p=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.{{r|cabi|p=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.{{r|cabi|p=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.{{r|felius|p=752}} The Red Brangus was recognised as a breed in 1956.{{r|cabi|p=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.{{r|cabi|p=138}}
In 2000–2001 the total population in the USA numbered 2647, down from 5205 in 1990.{{r|faocr|p=40}}
Characteristics
The Red Brangus is polled, red-coated and of medium size.{{r|felius|p=752|cabi|p2=138}}
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