Beef Cattle Terminology

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Across
  1. 3. Another word for hay or high quality fiber
  2. 6. The species name for cattle
  3. 7. The largest compartment of a cow's stomach
  4. 8. A group of cattle with similar characteristics
  5. 11. The term used when an animal gives birth
  6. 12. Means naturally born without horns
  7. 14. A castrated male bovine
  8. 15. The process of growing calves after they are weaned using pasture or hay
  9. 18. Animals such as sheep, cattle, and goats that have stomachs divided into 4 compartments
  10. 19. (2 words) Refers to a non-lactating cow
  11. 21. Name for a baby bovine
Down
  1. 1. A female bovine that hasn't given birth to a calf
  2. 2. An animal that has parents of different breeds
  3. 4. (2 words) A female born as a twin that is infertile
  4. 5. A confinement operation where cattle are fed grain until they are slaughtered
  5. 8. A male bovine with testicles
  6. 9. Abbreviation for Expected Progeny Difference, which refers to the ability of calves to grow
  7. 10. Female cattle that have produced at least one calf
  8. 13. To take a calf away from its mother
  9. 16. To surgically remove the testicles
  10. 17. The mother of a baby
  11. 20. A young calf that has been weaned from its mom