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The Jersey is a British breed of small dairy cattle from Jersey, in the British Channel Islands. It is one of three Channel Island cattle breeds, the others being the Alderney – now extinct – and the Guernsey. The milk is high in butterfat and has a characteristic yellowish tinge. The Jersey adapts well to various climates and environments ...
An "intact" (i.e., not castrated) adult male is called a bull. A father bull is called a sire with reference to his offspring. An adult female that has had a calf (or two, depending on regional usage) is a cow. Steers and heifers are also colloquially referred to as cows. A mother cow is called a dam with reference to her offspring.
List of cattle breeds. Over 1000 breeds of cattle are recognized worldwide, some of which adapted to the local climate, others which were bred by humans for specialized uses. [1] Cattle breeds fall into two main types, which are regarded as either two closely related species, or two subspecies of one species. Bos indicus (or Bos taurus indicus ...
Mature female cattle are called cows and mature male cattle are bulls. Young female cattle are called heifers, young male cattle are oxen or bullocks, and castrated male cattle are known as steers. Cattle are commonly raised for meat, for dairy products, and for leather. As draft animals, they pull carts and farm implements.
In the Aldous Huxley novel Brave New World, a "freemartin" (mentioned in chapters 1, 3, 11 and 17) is a woman who has been deliberately made sterile by exposure to hormones during fetal development; in the book, government policy requires freemartins to constitute 70% of the female population. A side effect of this is some freemartin women ...
Otis (voiced by Kevin James in the film and Chris Hardwick in the series) is a cow and the leader of the Barnyard. Despite being a steer, he has an udder. Pip (voiced by Jeff Garcia) is a barn mouse who speaks with a slight Mexican accent and Otis' best friend. He has a crush on Bessy, the sassy and sarcastic cow best friend of Abby, but she ...
A Holstein cow with prominent udder and less muscle than is typical of beef breeds. Dairy cattle (also called dairy cows) are cattle bred with the ability to produce large quantities of milk, from which dairy products are made. Dairy cattle generally are of the species Bos taurus. [1]
originally a dual-purpose breed, used for both dairy and beef. Cattle. Bos (primigenius) taurus. The Holstein Friesian is an international breed or group of breeds of dairy cattle. It originated in Frisia, stretching from the Dutch province of North Holland to the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is the dominant breed in industrial dairy ...