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Japanese Black cattle of the Tajima strain on a farm in northern Hyōgo Prefecture High-grade sliced Matsusaka wagyu beef. Wagyu (Japanese: 和牛, Hepburn: wagyū, lit. ' Japanese cattle ') is the collective name for the four principal Japanese breeds of beef cattle.
A female bovine that has not yet had a calf is known as a heifer. An adult female that has had her first calf (or second calf, depending upon regional usage) is called a cow. Steers and heifers can sometimes be colloquially referred to as "cows," especially by non-agricultural people who are not familiar with the appropriate terminology.
The meat of mature or almost mature cattle is mostly known as beef. In beef production there are three main stages: cow-calf operations , backgrounding , and feedlot operations. The production cycle of the animals starts at cow-calf operations; this operation is designed specifically to breed cows for their offspring.
A vealer is a calf weighing less than about 330 kg (730 lb) which is at about eight to nine months of age. [2] A young female calf from birth until she has had a calf of her own is called a heifer [3] (/ ˈ h ɛ f ər /). In the American Old West, a motherless or small, runty calf was sometimes referred to as a dodie. [4] [failed verification]
Kobe beef (神戸ビーフ, Kōbe bīfu) is Wagyu beef from the Tajima strain of Japanese Black cattle, raised in Japan's Hyōgo Prefecture around Kobe city, according to rules set out by the Kobe Beef Marketing and Distribution Promotion Association. [1] The meat is a delicacy, valued for its flavour, tenderness and fatty, well-marbled texture.
Veal is the meat of young cattle , in contrast to the beef from older cattle. Though veal can be produced from a calf of either sex and any breed, most veal comes from male calves (bull calves) of dairy cattle breeds. [7] Generally, veal is more expensive than beef from older cattle.
After the orca had her calf die in 2018, she carried her baby’s body on her back for an unprecedented 17 days and over 1,000 miles, garnering international attention and highlighting the complex ...
A type of black pudding by the name of Blunzn or Blutwurst is also common. In traditional Viennese cuisine, many types of offal including calf's liver (Kalbsleber), sweetbread (Kalbsbries), or calf's brain with egg (Hirn mit Ei) have played an important role, but their popularity has strongly dwindled in recent times.