Zhangjiachuan Red Flower Cattle [Gansu Zhangjiachuan Specialty]

What is Zhangjiachuan Red Flower Cow? Authentic specialty of Zhangjiachuan, Gansu: Zhangjiachuan Red Flower Cattle

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Basic introduction of Zhangjiachuan Honghua cattle

Zhangjiachuan Hui Autonomous County is the only ethnic minority autonomous county and Hui ethnic settlement area in southeastern Gansu Province. It has a large area of suitable pasture mountains and grasslands, with a grazing grassland area of 541000 mu and 154 species of wild pasture. The annual output of forage is 140 million catties, and the carrying capacity is equivalent to 91700 cattle per unit, providing unique conditions for the development of herbivorous animal husbandry. The county wide yellow cattle improvement project was implemented in 1981, and over the past 30 years, a stable local breed - Honghua cattle - has been formed by crossbreeding Simmental beef cattle with local Qinchuan yellow cattle

The abundant crop straw and artificially planted grass provide a basic guarantee for the production of "Zhangjiachuan Honghua Cattle", and through multi-party fundraising and increased infrastructure construction efforts, the production infrastructure of Zhangjiachuan Honghua Cattle has been further improved. In order to explore high-quality and efficient beef cattle production and breeding models, guide the cattle industry to develop towards branding, scale, and standardization, and form a distinctive "Zhangjiachuan Honghua Cattle" beef cattle breeding and production base. The county committee and government have clear goals, attach great importance to them, fully support them, and have achieved results by grasping them to the end

The animal husbandry department has always regarded the progressive hybridization improvement based on Simmental as the fundamental breeding project, formulated long-term plans for beef cattle improvement, determined scientific development goals, organized and carried out frozen breeding of yellow cattle. After more than 50 years of practice in frozen breeding of yellow cattle, a total of 183600 Simmental hybrid frozen breeding cattle have been completed, and a high-quality "Zhangjiachuan Red Flower Cattle" breeding core group has been established, forming the characteristics of good body shape, tolerance to rough feeding, high production performance, and excellent beef meat quality. Strengthening feeding management has formed a production management model that integrates the expansion and breeding of high-quality breeds, frozen breeding improvement, promotion of breeding techniques, breeding of high-quality breeds, and promotion and application of new technologies, providing favorable conditions for the vigorous development of the production of "Zhangjiachuan Honghua Cattle". At present, "Zhangjiachuan Honghua Cattle" is the most technologically advanced, economically significant, and beneficial livestock breed in the animal husbandry industry of Zhangjiachuan County, with the greatest potential for development and benefits for farmers

Regional Scope

Zhangjiachuan Hui Autonomous County is located in the southeastern part of Gansu Province, northeast of Tianshui City, at the western foot of Longshan Mountain. It belongs to the transitional zone between the two geological structural units of Liupan Trough and Longxi Land Platform. It is the boundary between the meridional structure of Liupan Mountain and the latitudinal structure of Qinling Mountains, with geographical coordinates between 105 ° 54 ′ E and 106 ° 35 ′ E and 34 ° 44 ′ N and 35 ° 11 ′ N. The terrain of the whole county slopes from northeast to southwest, forming a slightly oblique triangle. It is 62 kilometers long from east to west and 48 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of 1311.8 square kilometers. Zhangjiachuan County is a county under the jurisdiction of Tianshui City, Gansu Province. It borders Long County in Shaanxi Province to the east, Qingshui County to the south, Qin'an County to the west, and Huating and Zhuanglang counties to the north. The People's Government is located in Zhangjiachuan Town, which is connected to surrounding cities and counties by highways. It is 378 kilometers west of the provincial capital Lanzhou and 388 kilometers east of Xi'an through Long County, Shaanxi Province. The terrain of Zhangjiachuan slopes from northeast to southwest. Mainly mountainous, the highest point is Shimiao Liang in Qinjiayuan, and the lowest point is Mahe Village in Longshan Town, with an altitude between 1486 meters and 2659.4 meters. Overview of animal husbandry. In 2010, the total number of livestock and poultry raised in the county was 1.158 million, including 173300 cattle. There are 663700 livestock and poultry in stock, including 120100 cattle in stock. 494300 heads (horses, individuals) of various livestock and poultry were slaughtered, including 53200 heads of cattle. The total meat production in the county reached 9454.5 tons, poultry and egg production was 1260 tons, and fresh milk production was 235.4 tons. There are 13402 large-scale livestock breeders in the county, including 7249 cattle breeders; A total of 25 breeding communities have been built, including 16 cattle breeding communities; 92 large-scale breeding farms have been built, including 37 cattle farms; 90 specialized breeding villages have been established, raising 97400 heads of various livestock and poultry, including 72 specialized cattle breeding villages; There are 7 professional trading markets mainly engaged in fur and live animal trading, over 1200 intermediary organizations and farmer brokers for various grass and livestock product trading, and 17 professional associations and economic cooperation organizations for animal husbandry. The area of perennial grass beds in the county has reached 99000 mu, and the planting area of annual feed crops such as corn and peas in suitable areas has been vigorously promoted to 70000 mu. A total of 4425 silage ammoniation tanks have been built, with 75000 tons of young ammoniated forage stored. The utilization rate of straw feed in the county has reached 36%. The output value of animal husbandry reached 180 million yuan, and the per capita income of animal husbandry was 660 yuan

1. External sensory characteristics of Zhangjiachuan Red Flower Beef: After slaughter, the fresh meat muscles have a glossy and uniform deep red color, indicating normal color and odor. The appearance is slightly dry or has a dried film, and it is not sticky to the hands. The incision is slightly damp but not sticky. The meat is tight and elastic, and the indentation after finger pressure should be immediately restored. There are no sour, smelly or other odors, and it has the natural aroma of fresh beef. Tendons are tight and elastic, the joint surface is flat and smooth, and the exudate is transparent. After boiling, the broth becomes transparent and clear, with fat accumulating on the surface and possessing a special aroma. Zhangjiachuan Honghua cattle graze in high mountain forests and grasslands, with no industrial pollution or pesticide pollution, and a fresh environment. In addition, due to the special climatic and ecological conditions, strong solar radiation and large temperature differences between day and night, the grass nutrition has the characteristics of crude protein, crude fat, nitrogen free extract, high thermal energy, and low crude fiber. The beef produced is pollution-free "green beef"

2. Internal quality indicators of beef: Zhangjiachuan safflower beef has a complete amino acid composition, with a total amino acid content of 14.4g/100g, glycine 0.881g/100g, leucine 1.17g/100g, methionine 0.413g/100g, tyrosine 0.536g/100g, histidine 0.57g/100g, threonine 0.648g/100g, alanine 0.799g/100g, isoleucine 0.66g/100g, cysteine 0.21g/100g, lysine 1.29g/100g, aspartic acid 1.34g/100g, valine 0.73g/100g, phenylalanine 0.708g/100g, proline 0.71g/100g, serine 0.582g/100g, glutamic acid 2.19g/100g, arginine 0.957g/100g. The highest content is glutamic acid. The total fat content in fresh beef is 2.82g/100g, and the moisture content is 74.6%. The calcium content is 5.48mg/100g, the phosphorus content is 0.24g/100g, the iron content is 4.5mg/100g, and the zinc content is 6.61mg/100g. Rich in various vitamins, including vitamin A content of 1.8ug/100g, vitamin B1 content of 420ug/100g, vitamin E content of 54.7ug/100g, and vitamin B12 content of 1.5ug/100g, higher than other meats. Therefore, Zhangjiachuan Red Flower Beef is a unique "green beef" that is high in protein, low in fat, and rich in vitamins and minerals

3. Safety requirements: The production environment of Zhangjiachuan Honghua cattle meets the "Environmental Quality Standard NY/T 388 for Livestock and Poultry Farms" and the "Construction Standard Q/TNM0015-2003 for Non regulated Disease Areas in Tianshui City"; The production management of Zhangjiachuan Honghua cattle strictly follows the standard of "Tianshui City Pollution free Beef Cattle Fattening Technical Standard-Q/TNM0011-2003"; Livestock and poultry drinking water meets and maintains the 'Livestock and Poultry Drinking Water Quality-NY 5027' standard; Feed and its use shall comply with the "Guidelines for the Use of Pollution free Beef Cattle Feed - NY5127-2002"; Veterinary drugs and their use comply with the "Guidelines for the Use of Veterinary Drugs in Livestock and Poultry Breeding - NY 5030-2006" and the "Management Standards for the Use of Veterinary Drugs and Feed Additives in Tianshui City - Q/TNM017-2003"; The prevention and control of Honghua cattle disease in Zhangjiachuan complies with the "Veterinary Epidemic Prevention Guidelines for Livestock and Poultry Breeding - NY 5339-2006" and the "Technical Specification for Pollution free Livestock and Poultry Epidemic Prevention in Tianshui City - Q/TNM0012-2003"; The product quality meets the requirements of the "Tianshui Meat Quarantine Technical Standard-Q/TNM016-2003"; The treatment of diseased meat carcasses of Zhangjiachuan Honghua cattle complies with the "Regulations for Harmless Treatment of Livestock and Poultry Disease Carcarcasses and Their Products - GB16548"; The transportation of Zhangjiachuan Honghua cattle breeding animals complies with the "Technical Specification for Quarantine of Livestock and Poultry Transportation - GB16567"