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Cattle Terms
Question | Answer |
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Scientific name of cattle | Bovine |
Uncastrated male beef/dairy animal | Bull |
Castrated male beef/dairy animal | Steer |
Female beef/dairy animal that has not had a calf. (Usually less than 18-24 months of age) | Heifer |
Female beef/dairy animal that has had a calf | Cow |
Young beef/dairy animal either male or female | Calf |
Young male | Bull calf |
Young female | Heifer calf |
Castrated male after puberty | Stag |
Female twin born with a bull calf, approximately 99.9% of time is sterile | Freemartin |
Percent of fat in the milk | Butterfat |
Amount in pounds of milk that a cow produces during a lactation period | Milk production |
Span of time that a cow is giving milk | Lactation |
Parts of the cow directly responsible for producing and storing milk | Mammary System |
The act of giving birth in cattle | Calving |
The act of giving birth in dairy animals | Freshening |
A mammal whose stomach has 4 parts (rumen, reticulum, omasum, abomasum) | Ruminant |
No horn growth | Polled |
Animal that eats grass and pasture | Forager |
The appearance of intramuscular fat within the meat as lines through the meat layers | Marbling |
Quality and quantity of meat from a beef animal | Cutability |
A breed that serves more than one purpose, such as both a meat and dairy animals | Dual purpose breed |