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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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