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{{short description|Cattle breed}}
{{Infobox cattle breed
| name          = Brangus
| image         = Brangus = 世界の牛 ブランガス（雄） (35896552563) (cropped).jpg
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| status        = {{ubl|[[FAO]] (2007): not at risk{{r|barb|p=143}}|[[DAD-IS]] (2023): not at risk{{r|dad}}}}
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| country       = United States
| distribution  = 26 American states
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| use           = beef
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| coat          = black
| horn          = [[polled (livestock)|polled]]
| subspecies    = hybrid
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The '''Brangus''' is an American hybrid [[list of cattle breeds|breed]] of [[beef cattle]] derived from [[cross-breeding]] of [[American Angus]] and [[brahman (cattle)|Brahman]] stock. Registered animals have 5/8 Angus and 3/8 Brahman parentage.{{r|friend|p=149}} A similar hybrid breed, the [[Australian Brangus]], was separately developed in Australia from about 1950.{{r|cabi|p=138}}

== History ==

Research into [[cross-breeding|crossbreeding]] of [[American Angus|Angus]] and [[brahman (cattle)|Brahman]] stock was begun in about 1932 at the Iberia Livestock Experiment Station of the [[Agricultural Research Service]] of the [[United States Department of Agriculture]] near [[Jeanerette, Louisiana]], where crossbreeding of Brahman and [[Shorthorn]] cattle had already shown good results.{{r|briggs|p=205}} It was hoped that the good adaptation of the Brahman to hot and humid conditions could be combined with the better meat qualities of the Angus, as well as its black coat and [[polled (livestock)|polled]] characteristic.{{r|briggs|p=206}} An ideal proportion of 5/8 Angus to 3/8 Brahman was established. By 1949 the cattle were distributed in sixteen American states and in Canada.{{r|briggs|p=207}} A [[breed society]], the American Brangus Breeders' Association, was formed in that year; it later became the International Brangus Breeders' Association.{{r|briggs|p=206}}  

In 2016 the Brangus was present in twenty-six American states.{{r|cabi|p=138}} The population reported for the United States in 2010 was {{val|42702}};{{r|cabi|p=138}} in 2017 it was {{val|30000}}.{{r|dad}}

It has been exported to many countries, particularly in South America.{{r|briggs|p=207}} It is reported (without distinction from the Australian Brangus) from twenty countries, with large populations in Brazil, Mexico and South Africa.{{r|dad2}}

==References==
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<ref name=barb>Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20200623201209/http://www.fao.org/3/a1250e/annexes/List%20of%20breeds%20documented%20in%20the%20Global%20Databank%20for%20Animal%20Genetic%20Resources/List_breeds.pdf List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources], annex to [https://web.archive.org/web/20170110125634/http://www.fao.org/3/a-a1250e.pdf ''The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture'']. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. {{ISBN|9789251057629}}. Archived 23 June 2020.</ref>

<ref name=cabi>Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). [https://books.google.com/books?id=2UEJDAAAQBAJ ''Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding''] (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. {{ISBN|9781780647944}}.</ref>

<ref name=dad>[https://fao-dadis-breed-detail.web.app/?country=USA&specie=Cattle&breed=Brangus&lang=en Breed data sheet: Brangus / United States of America (Cattle)]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed January 2023.</ref>

<ref name=dad2>[https://dadis-transboundary-ext-ws.web.app/?species=Cattle&transboundary=Brangus&lang=en Transboundary breed: Brangus]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed January 2023.</ref>

<ref name=briggs>Hilton Marshall Briggs, Dinus M. Briggs (1980). [https://books.google.com/books?id=3eIqAQAAMAAJ ''Modern Breeds of Livestock''], fourth edition. New York: Macmillan. {{isbn|9780023147302}}.</ref>

<ref name=friend>John B. Friend (1978). [https://archive.org/details/cattleofworld00frie/ ''Cattle of the World'']. Poole, Dorset: Blandford Press. {{isbn|0713708565}}.</ref>


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