dairy cattle

plural noun

: cattle kept for milk production

Examples of dairy cattle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Oklahoma called itself the 13th state to find H5N1 in dairy cattle, but in reality its place on the list should be lower. Helen Branswell, STAT, 15 July 2024 Place’s doctoral work evaluated the impact of an Elanco feed additive on methane emissions in dairy cattle. Grace Van Deelen, Vox, 11 July 2024 At some point in December or January, the virus made the leap to dairy cattle, and the current outbreak has since spread to herds in at least 12 states, including Colorado. Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 3 July 2024 From our notebook The Post’s Lena H. Sun sends us this dispatch: Federal officials are expanding vaccine and testing capacity in case the ongoing bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle causes an increase in human cases or becomes more easily spread from person to person. Rachel Roubein, Washington Post, 3 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for dairy cattle 

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Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dairy cattle was in 1895

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“Dairy cattle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dairy%20cattle. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.

Kids Definition

dairy cattle

noun
: cattle raised especially to produce milk

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