Question

A dairy farmer maintains a mixed herd of cattle and buffalo on his farm. He explains to a new worker that the general term used for an adult female bovine that has given birth to at least one calf and is currently in milk is different from the term used for a young female bovine that has not yet calved. Which of the following terms correctly refers to the young female bovine before her first calving, as distinct from the terms used for a lactating adult cow?

Q: Answer-A dairy farmer maintains a mixed herd of cattle and buffalo on his farm. He explains to a new worker...

A heifer is a young female bovine that has not yet calved, distinct from a cow, which refers to an adult female bovine that has given birth to at least one calf other terms such as steer and bullock refer to castrated males used for draught purposes, and calf refers to a very young animal of either sex before weaning.