A calf is a young domestic cow or bull. Calves are reared to become adult cattle or are slaughtered for their meat, called veal, and their hide.
Poddy calf sitting in the long grass
Calving (step by step)
Newborn calf.
Charolais calves which were transferred, as embryos, into their Aberdeen Angus and Hereford recipient mothers.
Cattle are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus Bos. Mature female cattle are called cows and mature male cattle are bulls. Young female cattle are called heifers, young male cattle are oxen or bullocks, and castrated male cattle are known as steers.
Image: Cow (Fleckvieh breed) Oeschinensee Slaunger 2009 07 07
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Skeleton
Anatomical model, showing the large 4-chambered stomach