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An ox (pl.: oxen), also known as a bullock (in British, Australian, and Indian English), [1] is a large bovine, trained and used as a draft animal. Oxen are commonly castrated adult male cattle, because castration inhibits testosterone and aggression, which makes the males docile and safer to work with. Cows (adult females) or bulls (intact ...
Bullock (in British English), a castrated male bovine animal of any age; Bullock (in American English), a young bull (an uncastrated male bovine animal); Bullock (in Australia, India and New Zealand), an ox, an adult male bovine used for draught (usually but not always castrated)
A 2004 study found that neutered dogs had a higher incidence of cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) rupture, a form of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. [55] A study of golden retrievers found that castrated males were 3 times more likely than intact males to be diagnosed with lymphoma and 2 times more likely to have hip dysplasia. [56]
The Tennessee Invasive Plant Council has identified the following invasive plants in Tennessee. The plants are all widely established across the state and have been reported in more than 10 counties.
A castrated male steer, occasionally a female or in some areas an intact bull that is trained and kept for draft or riding purposes is called an ox (plural oxen); ox may also be used to refer to some carcass products from any adult cattle, such as ox-hide, ox-blood, oxtail, or ox-liver. [3] A springer is a cow or heifer that is close to calving ...
This list of the Paleozoic life of Tennessee contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Tennessee and are between 538.8 and 252.17 million years of age.
Western Tennessee was also submerged by tropical seawater at times during the ensuing Tertiary period of the Cenozoic era. This sea was home to molluscs. [1] A few foraminiferans from Eocene Tennessee were preserved in the state's fossil record. [7] On land, Rivers also flowed through the state. Tennessee was variously covered in forests and ...
The state's history has long been tied to its location near the ocean: Rhode Island was home to the first water-powered textile mill in the country in 1790 and built the first ocean wind farm in ...