CATTLE belong to the family Bovidae (Bovine) along with other animals: Sheep, goat, bison, water buffalo, carabao, and antelope. These animals are ruminants or cud chewers. They chew their food like as if they are chewing gum of sort. They partly chew their food and swallow it and then later they bring it up and chew again thoroughly then swallow and then finally digest its food. Weird right? Maybe they are having indigestion or something?
COWS are female cattle
BULLS are male cattle
Cattle are used for certain purposes: Meat, Dairy and Double purpose cattle. If you are there in the supermarket you must know what kind of meat you want and here's the good quality beef you must remember: Hereford ( I like Hereford brand for corned beef from Brazil), Angus (they are great for beefsteak), Aberdeen, Shorthorn. They are purebreds. Modern breeds of cattle are used for its dairy (milking cows) these cattle are less fleshy and their feeds are different from other breeds. The Dairy Cattle breeds are categorized into Holstein, Jersey, Guernsey, Brown Swiss, and Ayrshire. The Dual-Purpose cattle can do both either for beef or for dairy.
What else can we get from cows and bulls other than for meat and dairy? Can we get insulin from it's meat? We all knew that cows hide or the bulls hide can be made into leather and leather can be created into clothing, coats and jackets, handbags, luggage, wallets, belts and upholstery. There are too many uses for leather. Leather is the most durable fabric that they are also use in the making of boots, shoes, drums, chairs and what other purposes this durable leather can do without?
Such a beautiful scenery of hundred cattle grazing on greener pasture.
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