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steers

Spanish translation: novillos

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English term or phrase:steers
Spanish translation:novillos
Entered by: Julia Garello

13:53 Jan 26, 2015
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Livestock / Animal Husbandry / heifers vs steers
English term or phrase: steers
¡Hola gente! ¿cómo están?
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.
Julia Garello
Argentina
Local time: 17:26
novillos
Explanation:
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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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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Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 22:26
Grading comment
¡Muchas gracias!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +5novillos
Lisa McCarthy
4Novillos (steers) novillas o vaquillas (heifers)
Javier Munoz


Discussion entries: 13





  

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Novillos (steers) novillas o vaquillas (heifers)


Explanation:
Un saludo

Javier Munoz
Spain
Local time: 22:26
Native speaker of: Spanish
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
novillos


Explanation:
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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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...

Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 22:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
¡Muchas gracias!

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