Animals->Cow Dairy cattle (dairy cows ) are cattle cows (adult females ) bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk , from which dairy products are made. Dairy cows generally are of the species Bos taurus . Historically, there was little distinction between dairy cattle and beef cattle , with the same stock often being used for both meat and milk production. Today, the bovine industry is more specialized and most dairy cattle have been bred to produce large volumes of milk. The United States dairy herd produced 83.9 billion kg (185 billion lbs) of milk in 2007, up from 52.6 billion kg (116 billion lbs) in 1950., Yet there are more than 9 million cows on U.S. dairy farms—about 13 million fewer than there were in 1950. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dairy cattle, licensed under CC-BY-SA full list of contributors here. This page is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, anyone associated with the topic.
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Animals->Cow Dairy cattle (dairy cows ) are cattle cows (adult females ) bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk , from which dairy products are made. Dairy cows generally are of the species Bos taurus . Historically, there was little distinction between dairy cattle and beef cattle , with the same stock often being used for both meat and milk production. Today, the bovine industry is more specialized and most dairy cattle have been bred to produce large volumes of milk. The United States dairy herd produced 83.9 billion kg (185 billion lbs) of milk in 2007, up from 52.6 billion kg (116 billion lbs) in 1950., Yet there are more than 9 million cows on U.S. dairy farms—about 13 million fewer than there were in 1950. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dairy cattle, licensed under CC-BY-SA full list of contributors here. This page is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, anyone associated with the topic.
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Animals->RabbitRabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha , found in several parts of the world. There are eight different genera in the family classified as rabbits, including the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus ), cottontail rabbits (genus Sylvilagus ; 13 species ), and the Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi , an endangered species on Amami Ōshima , Japan ). There are many other species of rabbit, and these, along with pikas and hares , make up the order Lagomorpha . The male is called a buck and the female is a doe ; a young rabbit is a kitten or kit .Description above from the Wikipedia article Rabbit, licensed under CC-BY-SA full list of contributors here. This page is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, anyone associated with the topic.
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