Cattle Terms
BEEF=The meat of cattle
CROSSBREEDING=When animals of the same species, but of a different breed, are mated
BRAND=A permanent method of cattle indentifcation involving burning a scar into the hide cattle
DEHORNING=Remvoing the horns from horned breeds of cattle
GESTATION=The period of pregnancy
STEER=A male bovine castrated while young and before secondary sexual characteristics had developed
OX=Bovine draft animal
POLLED=Cattle naturally without horns
CULLING=Removing dairy cows from the herd based on established criteria
DRYCOW=A cow that has stopped producing milk
MASTITIS=A bacterial disease of the mammary glands; the udder may be warm and hard to touch
BOSINDICUS=Cattle of Indian origin
BOSTARUS=Cattle of European origin
CUTABILITY=The amount of saleable retail cuts that may be obtained from a carcass
MARBLED=Intramuscular fat that makes beef more palatable to humans