Belgian Blue bull

Belgian Blue is a breed of beef cattle from Belgium.

Alternative names for this breed include Belgian Blue-White ; Belgian White and Blue Pied ; Belgian White Blue ; Blue ; and Blue Belgian.

Belgian Blue cattle were first used as a milk and beef breed.

The breed's characteristic gene mutation was maintained through linebreeding to the point where the condition was a fixed property in the Belgian Blue breed.

The Belgian Blue has a natural mutation in the myostatin gene which codes for the protein, myostatin (" myo " meaning muscle and " statin " meaning stop ).

Belgian Blue cattle have improved feed conversion ratio ( FCR ) due to lower feed intake compared to weight gain.

Since the Belgian Blue ’ s bone structure is the same as a normal cow, however holding a greater amount of muscle, causes them to have a greater meat to bone ratio.

The economics of breeding and raising Belgian Blue cattle are inconclusive because of complications experienced during parturition and metabolic demand for increased concentrated feeds.

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