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heifer

[hef-er] / ˈhɛf ər /


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She said after going through tests for bTB her heifer "was actually clear".

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

He had already lost a heifer with weak lungs and feared future reproductive problems.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

His brother, David Workman, killed in a fall off a cliff as he rode a mule in the dark in search of a lost heifer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024

Boyle Reservoir, a black heifer lying on her side in the dusty brown earth heaved a tiny head sticky with amniotic fluid from her birth canal.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 11, 2023

“I always hate to have to tie up a heifer to break her for milking. But I guess there’s no other way with this one.”

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson

The team started with a group of 20 Holstein dairy heifers ranging from three to six months old, who had previous experience in the cattle chute area and with human handling.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024

The number of heifers, or young female cows, in U.S. feedlots as of Oct.

From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2023

Back at the ranch, heifers would start calving in a month, and wildflowers would begin to bloom, a rhythm, Church said, that will always be a part of him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2023

Its technology also detects when heifers are in heat and ready for insemination, bolstering the chances of reproduction.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2023

I was given two heifers and four sheep, and felt far richer than I ever had before.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela


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