How Do You Identify Maine Anjou Cattle?
• Do a search on the Internet or in your cattle breeds book on “Maine Anjou” cattle. • Study the characteristics of the breed. Note the following: • Colouration: The traditional MA (acronym for Maine Anjou) is a deep, dark red colour with white on the belly, head, tail and hind legs. White on the hind legs can be seen to begin from the flanks down to the hooves. The white on the front legs almost always runs from the top or middle of the canon bone down to the top of the hooves. Some may have no white on the front hooves at all. White can also be found on the lower half of the tail, and sometimes as a diamond or half-moon on the top of the forehead. Some animals can have white over other parts of the body, like over the loins and/or over the shoulders. • More modern MA’s are black and white, all black or all red. • Body type and characteristics: Maine Anjou cattle are large, tall cattle, with long legs in proportion to the rest of their body height. They are not fine boned like Limousi
