breeding bull
Bovine stud animal
A breeding bull is a male bovine kept specifically for mating with cows to produce offspring.
Unlike steers, breeding bulls are not castrated, preserving their fertility and the hormones that drive mating behavior.
Ranchers select breeding bulls for desirable traits—size, temperament, disease resistance—that will pass to calves: They paid top dollar for a prize breeding bull at auction.
- sireMale animal parent
- studUpright wall framing
- stud feePayment for breeding rights
- herdGrazing animals together
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
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