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Cattle Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Scientific name of cattle | Bovine |
| Uncastrated male beef/dairy animal | Bull |
| Castrated male beef/dairy animal | Steer |
| Female beef/dairy animal that has not had a calf. (Usually less than 18-24 months of age) | Heifer |
| Female beef/dairy animal that has had a calf | Cow |
| Young beef/dairy animal either male or female | Calf |
| Young male | Bull calf |
| Young female | Heifer calf |
| Castrated male after puberty | Stag |
| Female twin born with a bull calf, approximately 99.9% of time is sterile | Freemartin |
| Percent of fat in the milk | Butterfat |
| Amount in pounds of milk that a cow produces during a lactation period | Milk production |
| Span of time that a cow is giving milk | Lactation |
| Parts of the cow directly responsible for producing and storing milk | Mammary System |
| The act of giving birth in cattle | Calving |
| The act of giving birth in dairy animals | Freshening |
| A mammal whose stomach has 4 parts (rumen, reticulum, omasum, abomasum) | Ruminant |
| No horn growth | Polled |
| Animal that eats grass and pasture | Forager |
| The appearance of intramuscular fat within the meat as lines through the meat layers | Marbling |
| Quality and quantity of meat from a beef animal | Cutability |
| A breed that serves more than one purpose, such as both a meat and dairy animals | Dual purpose breed |
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