Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jan 26, 2015 13:53
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English term
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steers
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Livestock / Animal Husbandry
heifers vs steers
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Here is the context. I can't figure out the difference between "heifers" and "steers". I found both as "novilla".
Product purpose statement:
This product may be fed to dairy heifers, dairy steers, deer, goats and horses.
Any suggestion?
Thank you very much in advance.
Here is the context. I can't figure out the difference between "heifers" and "steers". I found both as "novilla".
Product purpose statement:
This product may be fed to dairy heifers, dairy steers, deer, goats and horses.
Any suggestion?
Thank you very much in advance.
Proposed translations
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| 5 +5 | novillos |
Lisa McCarthy
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| 4 | Novillos (steers) novillas o vaquillas (heifers) |
Javier Munoz
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Change log
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Jan 26, 2015 14:09: Charles Davis changed "Language pair" from "English to Spanish" to "Spanish to English"
Jan 26, 2015 14:09: Charles Davis changed "Language pair" from "Spanish to English" to "English to Spanish"
Jan 26, 2015 17:41: Charles Davis changed "Language pair" from "English to Spanish" to "Spanish to English"
Jan 27, 2015 07:04: Michele Fauble changed "Language pair" from "Spanish to English" to "English to Spanish"
Proposed translations
+5
4 mins
Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Spain
Especialista de marketing
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
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novillos
A heifer is a 'vaquilla'.
Steer: a male bovine (or bull) that has been castrated before reaching sexual maturity and is primarily used for beef.
Heifer: a female bovine (often immature, but beyond the "calf" stage) less than 1 to 2 years of age that has never calved. Such females, if they've never calved beyond two years of age may also be called heiferettes.
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Dairy steers are males calfs botn to dairy cows and are used for meat.
A couple of informative links that are 'food for thought':
http://www.farmsanctuary.org/learn/factory-farming/dairy/
WHAT HAPPENS TO MALE CALVES?
The balance of nature dictates that on average an equal number of male and female dairy calves are born to dairy cows. Generally, the female calves are reared to join the milking herd and the males calves can either be reared for beef, if suitable, or sold for veal. Official estimates indicate that more than three quarters of all male dairy calves born are reared for beef in the UK.
An increasing number of specialist calf rearing units are being developed. This has been encouraged by some retailers developing alternative markets for bull calves, including welfare friendly, British reared rosé veal and beef.
Some dairy farmers also use sexed semen to make sure that more female dairy calves are born.
Where no other viable options exist, very regrettably, farmers have no choice but to cull their bull calves.
http://www.thisisdairyfarming.com/discover/dairy-farming-fac...
Steer: a male bovine (or bull) that has been castrated before reaching sexual maturity and is primarily used for beef.
Heifer: a female bovine (often immature, but beyond the "calf" stage) less than 1 to 2 years of age that has never calved. Such females, if they've never calved beyond two years of age may also be called heiferettes.
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Note added at 56 minutos (2015-01-26 14:49:38 GMT)
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Dairy steers are males calfs botn to dairy cows and are used for meat.
A couple of informative links that are 'food for thought':
http://www.farmsanctuary.org/learn/factory-farming/dairy/
WHAT HAPPENS TO MALE CALVES?
The balance of nature dictates that on average an equal number of male and female dairy calves are born to dairy cows. Generally, the female calves are reared to join the milking herd and the males calves can either be reared for beef, if suitable, or sold for veal. Official estimates indicate that more than three quarters of all male dairy calves born are reared for beef in the UK.
An increasing number of specialist calf rearing units are being developed. This has been encouraged by some retailers developing alternative markets for bull calves, including welfare friendly, British reared rosé veal and beef.
Some dairy farmers also use sexed semen to make sure that more female dairy calves are born.
Where no other viable options exist, very regrettably, farmers have no choice but to cull their bull calves.
http://www.thisisdairyfarming.com/discover/dairy-farming-fac...
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Gisela Bocco
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Thanks, Gisela :)
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lugoben
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Charles Davis
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Thanks, Charles :)
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Michele Fauble
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Thanks, Michele :)
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Marcool (X)
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Comment: "¡Muchas gracias!"
29 mins
Novillos (steers) novillas o vaquillas (heifers)
Un saludo
Discussion
http://www.produccion-animal.com.ar/informacion_tecnica/exte...
Se podría decir "novillo de raza lechera":
https://www.google.es/search?num=100&q="novillos de raza lec...
Dairy: there is a difference between dairy cattle, bred for milk production, and beef cattle, bred for meat production. They're the same species, but different races. A dairy steer is the offspring of a dairy cow; a beef steer is the offspring of a beef cow. Both dairy steers and beef steers will usually end up as meat. A beef steer will yield more meat than a dairy steer, because it was bred for meat production.
Obviously "dairy" doesn't mean "milk-producing" here; male bovines, castrated or not, do not produce milk! But a dairy steer's mother and sisters do produce milk, whereas a beef steer's mother and sisters do not.
Thank you very much!!
I've found both novilla (heifer) and novillo (steer)