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A cannula in a cow's side. A cannulated cow or fistulated cow refers to a cow that has been surgically fitted with a cannula. [1] A cannula acts as a porthole-like device that allows access to the rumen of a cow, to perform research and analysis of the digestive system and to allow veterinarians to transplant rumen contents from one cow to another.
The Native Americans had named the river Walatoola, which means "winding waters", describing the great bends in the river. However, when British settlers arrived in the 1720s they named it the Cowpasture. There is an interesting story about how the Cowpasture and neighboring rivers the Bullpasture River and Calfpasture River came to be so named ...
Little River (North Carolina–Virginia) Little River (North River tributary) Little Walker Creek; ... USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – State of Virginia (1974) Salmon ...
The Calfpasture River is a river in the U.S. state of Virginia. It flows about 41.0 miles (66.0 km) [ 4 ] from its source , Gordons Peak in the Allegheny Mountains , to its confluence with the Little Calfpasture River , forming the Maury River .
The river is named for the first white settler on its banks, [2] William Jackson, who received a grant of 270 acres (1.1 km 2) from King George II in 1750. [4] Jackson was possibly an acquaintance of Alexander Dunlap, the first white settler on the Calfpasture River .
The James River is a river in Virginia that begins in the Appalachian Mountains and flows from the confluence of the Cowpasture and Jackson Rivers in Botetourt County 348 miles (560 km) [3] to the Chesapeake Bay. [4] The river length extends to 444 miles (715 km) if the Jackson River, the longer of its two headwaters, is included. [3]
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Chopawamsic Creek is a 6.8-mile-long (10.9 km) [1] tributary of the Potomac River in Prince William and Stafford counties, Virginia.Chopawamsic Creek is formed by the confluence of the North and South Branches of Chopawamsic Creek and empties into the Potomac River south of Quantico at the Marine Corps Base Quantico's Air Station.