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A castrated male is called a steer in the United States. Older steers are sometimes called bullocks in other parts of the world, [6] but in North America this term refers only to a young bull. Piker bullocks are micky bulls (uncastrated young male bulls) that were caught, castrated and then were later lost. [7]
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 ...
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.
Young female cattle are called heifers, young male cattle are oxen or bullocks, and castrated male cattle are known as steers. Cattle are commonly raised for meat, for dairy products, and for leather. As draft animals, they pull carts and farm implements. In India, cattle are sacred animals within Hinduism, and may not be killed.
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)
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.
Bullock (cattle) Capon (chicken) Gelding (horse) Gib (cat, ferret) Ox (cattle) (Castration performed on mature bull) Stag (cattle, sheep) Steer (cattle) (Castration performed on young calf) Wether (sheep, goat) An incompletely castrated male in livestock species (horse and cattle) is known as a rig.
Oxford American Dictionary defines 'steer' as 'a male domestic bovine animal that has been castrated and is raised for beef'. That is not what an ox is (though of course a steer by that definition might still become an ox if suitably trained), so I have removed the steer reference.