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  2. Livestock branding - Wikipedia

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    Livestock branding is a technique for marking livestock so as to identify the owner. Originally, livestock branding only referred to hot branding large stock with a branding iron, though the term now includes alternative techniques. Other forms of livestock identification include freeze branding, inner lip or ear tattoos, earmarking, ear ...

  3. Beef cattle - Wikipedia

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    A young bull of the Blonde d'Aquitaine breed. Japanese wagyu bull on a farm north of Kobe. Beef cattle are cattle raised for meat production (as distinguished from dairy cattle, used for milk production). The meat of mature or almost mature cattle is mostly known as beef. In beef production there are three main stages: cow-calf operations ...

  4. List of cattle terminology - Wikipedia

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    An "intact" (i.e., not castrated) adult male is called a bull. A father bull is called a sire with reference to his offspring. An adult female that has had a calf (or two, depending on regional usage) is a cow. Steers and heifers are also colloquially referred to as cows. A mother cow is called a dam with reference to her offspring.

  5. 45 Great Movies That You Can Watch in Under 90 Minutes - AOL

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    Disaster Movie. Disaster Movie follows a group of young adults who try to survive a series of inexplicable disasters.Along the way, they run into celebrities, like Iron Man—who is crushed by a ...

  6. Rescued Cow Has Cutest Way of ‘Demanding’ More Neck Scratches

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    Their videos always make me smile! Pearl is one of their rescued cows who was rescued by the couple when she was just a calf, and she's become one of my favorite animals at the sanctuary. They ...

  7. Cow–calf operation - Wikipedia

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    Cow–calf operation. A cow calf operation is a method of rearing beef cattle in which a permanent herd of cows is kept by a farmer or rancher to produce calves for later sale. Cow–calf operations are one of the key aspects of the beef industry in the United States and many other countries. [1] In the British Isles, a cow–calf operation may ...

  8. Dressed weight - Wikipedia

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    Dressed pig, cut in half lengthwise, with head still attached. Dressed weight (also known as dead weight or carcass weight) refers to the weight of an animal after being partially butchered, removing all the internal organs and often the head as well as inedible (or less desirable) portions of the tail and legs. It includes the bones, cartilage ...

  9. Calf (animal) - Wikipedia

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    Calf (animal) Poddy calf sitting in the long grass. A calf (pl.: calves) is a young domestic cow or bull. Calves are reared to become adult cattle or are slaughtered for their meat, called veal, and their hide. The term calf is also used for some other species. See "Other animals" [1] below.