dairy cattle
plural nounDefinition of dairy cattle
: cattle kept for milk production
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The company, Recombinetics, set out years ago to genetically engineer Holstein dairy cattle to come without their troublesome horns, which farmers typically remove to keep themselves and other cows safe. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Part cow, part… bacterium? Biotech company makes heifer of gene-editing blunder," 1 Sep. 2019 In fact, Dechow—an associate professor of dairy cattle genetics—and others say there is so much genetic similarity among them, the effective population size is less than 50. — Maureen O’hagan, Quartz, "The way we breed cows is setting them up for extinction," 24 June 2019 In fact, Dechow—an associate professor of dairy cattle genetics—and others say there is so much genetic similarity among them, the effective population size is less than 50. — Maureen O’hagan, Quartz, "The way we breed cows is setting them up for extinction," 24 June 2019 In fact, Dechow—an associate professor of dairy cattle genetics—and others say there is so much genetic similarity among them, the effective population size is less than 50. — Maureen O’hagan, Quartz, "The way we breed cows is setting them up for extinction," 24 June 2019 In fact, Dechow—an associate professor of dairy cattle genetics—and others say there is so much genetic similarity among them, the effective population size is less than 50. — Maureen O’hagan, Quartz, "The way we breed cows is setting them up for extinction," 24 June 2019 In fact, Dechow—an associate professor of dairy cattle genetics—and others say there is so much genetic similarity among them, the effective population size is less than 50. — Maureen O’hagan, Quartz, "The way we breed cows is setting them up for extinction," 24 June 2019 In fact, Dechow—an associate professor of dairy cattle genetics—and others say there is so much genetic similarity among them, the effective population size is less than 50. — Maureen O'hagan, Scientific American, "From Two Bulls, Nine Million Dairy Cows," 20 June 2019 Crispr has produced disease-resistant chickens and hornless dairy cattle. — Amy Dockser Marcus, WSJ, "Meet the Scientists Bringing Extinct Species Back From the Dead," 9 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dairy cattle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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