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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 ...
A bull is typically ready for slaughter one or two months sooner than a castrated male or a female, and produces proportionately more and leaner muscle. [24] Frame score is a useful way of describing the skeletal size of bulls and other cattle. Frame scores can be used as an aid to predict mature cattle sizes and aid in the selection of beef bulls.
The ratio of male to female offspring at birth is approximately 52:48. [15] A cow's udder has two pairs of mammary glands or teats. [16] Farms often use artificial insemination, the artificial deposition of semen in the female's genital tract; this allows farmers to choose from a wide range of bulls to breed their cattle.
A crossbreed produced by crossing a Hereford bull with Holstein or Friesian cows; used to obtain beef offspring from dairy cows. Not maintained as a separate breed, although females may be used for further breeding with other beef bulls. Blonde d'Aquitaine: France: Pale brown, paler round eyes and nose. Muscular. Fast-growing if well-fed. Bonsmara
Bull market vs. bear market. It can be helpful to think of bull and bear markets as generally opposites to one another, but here’s a side-by-side look at what each type entails.
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The bulls leave the herds of females at two or three years of age, and join a herd of males, which usually are smaller than female herds. Mature bulls rarely travel alone. Towards the end of the summer, for the reproductive season, the sexes necessarily commingle.
The Welsh-born Roberts, who served as Houston’s bodyguard from 1988 to 1995, spoke to the outlet ahead of the publication of his memoir Protecting Whitney, which is set to be released in January ...