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