Beef and Dairy Flashcards
What is a bull?
sexually mature male
What is a cow?
a female that has produced a calf
What is a heifer?
a female that has not produced a calf
What is a steer?
a castrated male
What is a heiferette?
a heifer that has calved once, dried up, and is then fed for slaughter
What is a calf?
young cattle less than a year old
What is calve?
the act of giving birth
What is a stocker?
weaned cattle that are run on grass or fed on high roughage diets
What is a yearling?
cattle that is 1 to 2 years old
What is crossbred?
an animal that is a product of the crossing of two or more breeds
What is Feeder Cattle?
those requiring more growth and/or fattening before slaughter
What is a feedlot?
beef cattle enterprise where cattle are placed in confinement, fed harvested feeds and fattened for slaughter
What is a seedstock producer?
enterprise that produces breeding animals for the commercial segment of the industry. the majority of purebred breeders fall in this category.
