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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

She had a large pleasant nose that sniffed the air at irregular intervals like a heifer catching the scent of blood in the stockyard.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Because ranchers faced feed costs that consumed the value of their livestock, they sold off their herds or accelerated the slaughter of cows and heifers, creating a temporary surplus that compromised future supply.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025

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

"The on-farm slaughter of heavily pregnant cows or heifers identified as TB reactors is a harrowing event for all concerned," said NFU Cymru TB Focus Group Chairman Roger Lewis.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2023

Pa would not kill either of his calves, because they were heifers and would grow into cows.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder


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