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Cattle - muzzle print. A muzzle print or nose print can be used as a distinguishing pattern for animal identification. [1] The muzzle print is a primary animal biometric characteristic for the recognition of individual cattle. It is a unique animal identifier that is similar to human fingerprints. [2]
The horns are unusually large, with a wide spread [2]: 110 and the largest circumference found in any cattle breed. Guinness World Records lists a bull named CT Woodie with a horn circumference of 103.5 cm (40.7 in) and a steer named Lurch, with horns measuring 95.25 cm (37.50 in), as record-holders.
By the early 20th century these cattle had declined to about 130 registered animals, mainly in the eastern counties of England. By the end of the 20th century numbers had grown to over 1,500 registered animals in the UK and perhaps 2,500 in the US, as well as many in other parts of the world such as Australia, where the breed was first imported ...
Nose ring on a bull Nose rings in cattle at a show. A nose ring is inserted into the nose of an animal. Nose rings are used to control bulls and occasionally cows, and to help wean young cattle by preventing suckling. Nose rings are used on pigs to discourage rooting.
Cattle raiding is the act of stealing live cattle, often several or many at once. In Australia , such stealing is often referred to as duffing , and the perpetrator as a duffer . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In other areas, especially in Queensland , the practice is known as poddy-dodging with the perpetrator known as a poddy-dodger . [ 3 ]
Malvi cow. The Malvi or Malavi, also known as Manthani or Mahadeopuri, is breed of zebu cattle from the Malwa plateau in western Madhya Pradesh, in central India. [2] It is a good draught breed; the milk yield of the cows is low.
[9]: 35 Cattle reared on forage alone may take up to four years to be ready for slaughter; beef from such cattle may have higher-than-usual levels of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. [4]: 129 An old strain is listed as the "Original Belted Galloway Cattle" in the Ark of Taste of the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity. [10]
The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) is an indicator of general cattle markets in Australia. It is calculated based on a seven-day rolling price average expressed in cents per kilogram carcase (or dressed) weight (¢/kg cwt). [1] The EYCI sources data from 23 saleyards in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. [2]