The presentation gives the most basic vocabulary and information on cattle. It was originally used by an American teaching assistant teaching English at an agricultural school in Austria.

1. C O W s
by Katie Jones

2. Cows are part
of the cattle or
bovine family.
 (Interesting note: The term,
“cattle” replaced earlier Old
English feoh"cattle, property"
(cf. German: Vieh)

3. Male cattle used for breeding
are called bulls.

4. Male cattle, called steers, are
castrated & grown for their meat.

5. Female cattle that have NOT
given birth are called heifers.

6. Female bovine that have given
birth are called cows.

7. Baby bovine are called calves
(singular = calf).

8. Oxen are work or draft cattle.

9. Heifer (female) Bull (male) Oxen (draft
no calves breeding animals)
Adults
Cow (female) Steer (male)
had calves meat
Cattle / Bovine
Babies
Calves

10. A cow gives birth to 1-2 calves
after 9 months.

11. Calves are weaned from their
mothers at around 3-8 months.

12. Dairy cattle are tagged on their ears
for identification. Beef cattle are
branded on their sides.

13. Cattle digestion
6 hrs – eating
8 hrs – chewing
cud
rumen,
reticulum,
omasum, and
abomasum

14. There are generally two types of
cattle for consumption.
Beef Dairy

15. Dairy Cattle
Jersey cows have tan Guernsey cows have Holstein cows are
bodies and brown orange bodies with some of the top
feet. The tips of their white markings and a producers of milk and
tails are white. white tail. is black and white.

16. Dairy must be milked at least 1 per day.
Otherwise, they get mastitis.

17. Dairy cattle eat grass, hay, & corn.

18. Most US dairy live on family farms
with average size of 135 cows.
The biggest
dairy is in IN
and has
30,000

19. Beef Cattle
Charoloais are Brangus cattle are Hereford cattle have
creamy white with a black and saggy. reddish bodies and
pink nose. white faces.

20. Beef cattle eat …
hay, grass, grain hulls, oilseed hulls,
distillers grains, sweet corn cannery
waste, bakery waste, grain screenings,
apple pomace, soybeans, canola meal,
corn, barley, oats

21. Most US beef cattle live on pasture
farms and then on big feedlots.

22. The meat from
cows is called
beef. What is
your favorite
beef dish?

24. Sources
 www.agclassroom.or/ok
 http://www.instructorweb.com/lesson/cow.asp
 http://www.kerncattlewomen.org/wp-
content/uploads/2011/04/CattleCountryBookletO
ct2010.pdf
 http://www.lessonsnips.com/lesson/cowscartons
 http://www.ansc.purdue.edu/faen/dairy%20facts.
html
 http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/livestock/be
ef/facts/91-066.htm