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To: d:oug who wrote (68813)	2/23/2010 3:14:56 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

* OT * In general, the same words are used in different parts of the world but with minor differences in the definitions. The terminology described here contrasts the differences in definition between the United Kingdom and other British influenced parts of world such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and the United States.[10] * An intact (i.e., not castrated) adult male is called a bull. A wild, young, unmarked bull is known as a micky in Australia.[11] An unbranded bovine of either sex is called a "maverick" in the USA and Canada. * An adult female that has had a calf (or two, depending on regional usage) is a cow. A young female before she has had a calf of her own[12] and is under three years of age is called a heifer (pronounced /'h?f?r/, "heffer").[13] A young female that has had only one calf is occasionally called a first-calf heifer. * Young cattle of both sexes are called calves until they are weaned, then weaners until they are a year old in some areas; in other areas, particularly with male beef cattle, they may be known as feeder-calves or simply feeders. After that, they are referred to as yearlings or stirks[14] if between one and two years of age.[15] * A castrated male is called a steer in the United States, and older steers are often called bullocks in other parts of the world;[16] although in North America this term refers to a young bull. Piker bullocks are micky bulls that were caught, castrated and then later lost.[11] In Australia, the term "Japanese ox" is used for grain fed steers in the weight range of 500 to 650 kg that are destined for the Japanese meat trade.[17] In North America, draft cattle under four years old are called working steers. Improper or late castration on a bull results in it becoming a coarse steer known as a stag in Australia, Canada and New Zealand.[18] In some countries an incompletely castrated male is known also as a rig. * A castrated male (occasionally a female or in some areas a bull) kept for draft purposes is called an ox (plural oxen); "ox" may also be used to refer to some carcase products from any adult cattle, such as ox-hide, ox-blood or ox-liver.[13] . * In all cattle species, a female that is the twin of a bull usually becomes an infertile partial intersex, and is a freemartin. * Neat (horned oxen, from which neatsfoot oil is derived), beef (young ox) and beefing (young animal fit for slaughtering) are obsolete terms, although poll, pollard or polled cattle are still terms in use for naturally hornless animals, or in some areas also for those that have been disbudded. * Cattle raised for human consumption are called beef cattle. Within the beef cattle industry in parts of the United States, the older term beef (plural beeves) is still used to refer to an animal of either gender. Some Australian, Canadian, New Zealand and British people use the term beast, especially for single animals when the gender is unknown.[19] * Cattle of certain breeds bred specifically for milk production are called milking or dairy cattle.[10]; a cow kept to provide milk for one family may be called a house cow. * The adjective applying to cattle in general is usually bovine. The terms "bull", "cow" and "calf" are also used by extension to denote the gender or age of other large animals, including whales, hippopotamuses, camels, elk and elephants