About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 66. Chapters: American bison, Beefalo, Veal, Corned beef, Steak, Water Buffalo, Tripe, 2008 US beef protest in South Korea, Cattle feeding, Argentine beef, Beef hormone controversy, Angus cattle, Where's the beef?, Kobe beef, Pastrami, Beef mince, Wagy, US beef imports in South Korea, Past rma, Brangus, Organic beef, Zubron, US beef imports in Japan, Bresaola, Piedmontese, Roast beef, Meat extract, Beef aging, Tripas, Matsusaka beef, Piedmontese beef, Beef tongue, Han-u, Murrah buffalo, Paupiette, United States beef imports in Taiwan, Beef brain, English Beef and Lamb Executive, Mishima beef, Restructured steak, Yonezawa beef, Eastern Young Cattle Indicator, Paddywhack, Cabeza, Frankfurter Rindswurst, Bull roast, Wangus, Mala Mogodu, Darkcutter, Secca de b uf, Carcass grade. Excerpt: The American bison (Bison bison), also commonly known as the American buffalo, is a North American species of bison that once roamed the grasslands of North America in massive herds. Their range once roughly comprised a triangle between the Great Bear Lake in Canada's far northwest, south to the Mexican states of Durango and Nuevo Leon, and east along the western boundary of the Appalachian Mountains. Due to commercial hunting and slaughter in the 19th century, the bison nearly went extinct and is today restricted to a few national parks and other reserves. Two subspecies or ecotypes have been described: the plains bison (Bison bison bison), smaller in size and with a more rounded hump, and the wood bison (Bison bison athabascae) - the larger of the two and having a taller, square hump. Furthermore, it has been suggested that the plains bison consists of a northern (Bison bison montanae) and a southern subspecies, bringing the total to three. However, this is generally not supported. The wood bison is one of the largest species of bovid in the world...
