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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, such as in the herd book or purebred records. A female bovine that has not yet had a calf is known as a heifer. An adult female that has had her first calf (or second calf, depending upon regional usage) is called a cow ...
Before 1790, beef cattle averaged only 160 kg (350 lb) net. Thereafter, weights climbed steadily. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Cattle breeds vary widely in size; the tallest and heaviest is the Chianina , where a mature bull may be up to 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) at the shoulder, and may reach 1,280 kg (2,820 lb) in weight. [ 10 ]
The etymology of the term "freemartin" is uncertain: speculations include that "free" may indicate "willing" (referring to the freemartin's willingness to work) or "exempt from reproduction" (referring to its sterility, or to a farmer's decision to not bother trying to breed a freemartin, or both), or that it may be derived from a Flemish word for a cow which gives no milk and/or has ceased to ...
Mr. Wiggleplix is an invisible hedgehog who appears in the episode of the same name. He is Pig's imaginary friend, but because Pig is the only one who can see him and he can only become visible when flour is poured on him, everybody else initially thinks he is not real. In the episode, Pig believes that Otis accidentally killed Mr. Wiggleplix ...
Bos (from Latin bōs: cow, ox, bull) is a genus of bovines, which includes, among others, wild and domestic cattle.. Bos is often divided into four subgenera: Bos, Bibos, Novibos, and Poephagus, but including these last three divisions within the genus Bos without including Bison is believed to be paraphyletic by many workers on the classification of the genus since the 1980s.
The golf fan and cow owner in this video may look like an average Joe, but successfully raising cows requires the right preparation and education. In theory, anyone can do it--but you need to ...
[26] [8] Males and females exhibit sexual monochromatism (with the exception of the banteng, where males are a dark chestnut while females are just chestnut), though the male coloration hues are darker than the females. [26] Coloration can be uniform or with some white markings, from black to brown. [26] [8]
A typical Danish cow produces 6 metric tons (6.6 tons) of CO2 equivalent per year. Denmark, which is a large dairy and pork exporter, also will tax pigs although cows produce far higher emissions ...