domestic cattle

collocation in English

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domestic
adjective
uk
/dəˈmes.tɪk/us
/dəˈmes.tɪk/
relating to a person's ...
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cattle
noun[plural]
uk
/ˈkæt.əl/us
/ˈkæt̬.əl/
a group of animals that includes cows, buffalo, and bison, that are often kept for their milk ...
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(Definition ofdomesticandcattlefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They do not damage crops, and they live peacefully withdomesticcattlewhich can be found in the entire area.
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Therefore, giraffes, human communities anddomesticcattlemove at the same time according to environmental constraints.
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The movements of the giraffes in the core area are synchronized with human activities and movements ofdomesticcattle.
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Uncontrolleddomesticcattlegenerate even higher costs to farmers than wildlife, highlighting the need to clarify property rights among these farmers.
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This is closer to peak parasitaemia seen indomesticcattle.
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Fences around wildlife reserves have been destroyed, anddomesticcattleallowed to mingle with wild buffalo that carry the disease.
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These diseases attack, not onlydomesticcattle, but even wild animals which are indigenous to the soil.
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During this time the agricultural programs of the land grant universities were promoting highly breddomesticcattleand saw these as inferior scrub animals.
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Their numbers have fallen drastically due to habitat destruction, hunting, human settlement, and competition for food withdomesticcattle.
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A second genetic problem is the entry of genes fromdomesticcattleinto the bison population, through hybridization.
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Molluscs, reptiles including snakes, amphibians and carrion ofdomesticcattlesupplement their diet.
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Many parts of the plant are consumed by animals, especiallydomesticcattle, which find the foliage a palatable forage.
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However, their numbers were in steep decline asdomesticcattleand sheep competed with them for resources.
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As genetic testing improves, it may be discovered that almost all bison have some genetic inheritance fromdomesticcattle.
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Among these,domesticcattleare sometimes exploited as prey.
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This was followed by the banteng/gaur/mithan clade and thedomesticcattleclade.
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The bull weighs 600 to 700 kg which is small by standards ofdomesticcattle, and they can be surprisingly aggressive.
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Compared withdomesticcattle, the rumen of yaks is unusually large, relative to the omasum.
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He also crossbred the bison withdomesticcattle, which he called cattalo.
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