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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.
The female counterpart to a bull is a cow, while a male of the species that has been castrated is a steer, ox, [2] or bullock, although in North America, this last term refers to a young bull. [citation needed] Use of these terms varies considerably with area and dialect. Colloquially, people unfamiliar with cattle may also refer to steers and ...
By comparison, the equivalent term for castrated male cattle would be steer (or bullock), and wether for sheep and goats. Castration allows a male animal to be more calm, better-behaved, less sexually aggressive, and more responsive to training efforts.
Cows can categorize images as familiar and unfamiliar individuals. [28] Cloned calves from the same donor form subgroups, suggesting that kin discrimination may be a basis of grouping behaviour. [32] Cattle use visual/brain lateralisation when scanning novel and familiar stimuli. [33]
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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)
Sandra Bullock made her first major public appearance since the death of her partner Bryan Randall.. The actress, 60, appeared at a special screening of Speed to celebrate its 30th anniversary on ...
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