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A fresh cow is a dairy term for a cow (or a first-calf heifer in few regions) who has recently given birth, or "freshened." The adjective applying to cattle in general is usually bovine. The terms bull, cow and calf are also used by extension to denote the sex or age of other large animals, including whales, hippopotamus, camels, elk and elephants.
Stray animals are common on the runways of Indian airports.These stray animals, including cattle, pose a major threat to air safety in most airports across the nation. . According to Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials, animals straying onto a runway are routine at many airports in
With the exception of Bihar and Rajasthan, where age of a calf is given as below 3 years, the other States have not defined the age of a calf. According to the National Commission on Cattle, the definition of a calf being followed in Maharashtra, by some executive instructions, was "below the age of 1 year". [187] [188]
Parshurama slaying Kartavirya Arjuna as Kamadhenu and her calf flee. A legend narrates that the sacred cow Kamadhenu resided with sage Jamadagni. The earliest version of the legend, which appears in the epic Mahabharata, narrates that the thousand-armed Haihaya king, Kartavirya Arjuna, destroyed Jamadagni's hermitage and captured the calf of ...
A cow caring for her newborn calf. To maintain lactation, a dairy cow must be bred and produce calves. [10] Depending on market conditions, the cow may be bred with a "dairy bull" or a "beef bull." Female calves with dairy breeding may be kept as replacement cows for the dairy herd. If a replacement cow turns out to be a substandard producer of ...
The Hindu god Krishna is often shown with cows listening to his music. The calf is compared with the dawn, in Hinduism.Here, with a sadhu.. Many ancient and medieval Hindu texts debate the rationale for a voluntary stop to cow slaughter and the pursuit of vegetarianism as a part of a general abstention from violence against others and all killing of animals.
Males mature later, at 1.5 years. Mating takes place throughout the year. Gestation is typically six months long, after which a single calf is born. The lifespan is typically 10 to 15 years. The antelope is native to and occurs mainly in India, while it is locally extinct in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Formerly widespread, small and scattered ...
"Calf" is the term used from birth to weaning, when it becomes known as a weaner or weaner calf, though in some areas the term "calf" may be used until the animal is a yearling. The birth of a calf is known as calving. A calf that has lost its mother is an orphan calf, also known as a poddy or poddy-calf in British.