Beefalo
Beefalo
are a fertile cross-breed of domestic
cattle
and the
American
bison, often called buffalo. They were developed beginning in the mid-1800s,
with the present beefalo being a combination of 3/8 Bison, 5/8 cattle. Beefalo
meat, like bison meat, is lower in
fat
and
cholesterol
and higher in fiber than beef. Beefalo are better able to tolerate cold and need
less assistance calving than cattle while having domestic cattle's docile nature
and fast growth rate. They are also thought to produce less damage to rangeland
than cattle.