name: Beefalo
flavor_db_name_variants: beefalo
source: foodb
status: draft
food_db_id: Beefalo
id: 530
name_scientific: Bos taurus X Bison bison
description: "Beefalo are a fertile hybrid offspring of domestic cattle, generally a male in managed breeding programs currently, Bos taurus, and the American bison, usually a female in managed breeding programs currently, Bison bison (generally called buffalo in the US). The breed was created to combine the characteristics of both animals for beef production. Beefalo are primarily cattle in genetics and appearance, with the breed association defining a full beefalo as one with 3?8 (37.5%) bison genetics, while animals with higher percentages of bison genetics are called ""bison hybrids""."
itis_id: null
wikipedia_id: Beefalo
picture_file_name: 542.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 20154
picture_updated_at: null
legacy_id: 569
food_group: Animal foods
food_subgroup: Bovines
food_type: Type 1
created_at: 2018-01-18T03:18:03.000Z
updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:26.000Z
creator_id: null
updater_id: null
export_to_afcdb: false
category: specific
ncbi_taxonomy_id: 297284
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00530