Question
During a farm visit, an animal husbandry officer explains to a group of trainee farmers that male buffaloes castrated at a young age and reared specifically for draught purposes, such as pulling carts or ploughs, are given a particular name that distinguishes them from an intact breeding male buffalo. Which term correctly describes this castrated draught male buffalo?
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