What's the difference between heifer and steer?

Heifer


Definition:

  • (n.) A young cow.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Postpartum milk samples from 61 heifers and 24 tissues from 2 reactor cattle were culture-negative for B abortus.
  • (2) Mean concentrations of estrone and estradiol were greater (P less than .05) in large than in small heifers at d 200 of gestation.
  • (3) Age at puberty (onset of cyclic progesterone concentrations) was greatest in heifers fed Diet 1 and lowest in heifers fed Diet 5.
  • (4) Severe pathological changes were observed in the adrenal and thyroid glands of Zebu (Bos indicus) heifers infected with Trypanosoma congolense.
  • (5) However, prepubertal heifers exposed to long-day photoperiods had reduced (P less than .01) urinary N tau-methylhistidine excretion compared with heifers given short-day photoperiods.
  • (6) In spite of small corpora lutea and increased follicular activity, none of the prednisolone treated heifers showed signs of oestrogen influence, and the two animals slaughtered 26 days after the start of treatment, did not ovulate or show signs of oestrus.
  • (7) Eleven and six first-calving heifers and sixteen and nine second-calving cows also received cloprostenol + relaxin and cloprostenol + phosphate-buffered saline, respectively.
  • (8) Response to norepinephrine was 15, 20, 18, and 15% greater in high genetic than low genetic merit heifers and response to epinephrine was 12, 20, 14, and 50% greater in high genetic than low genetic merit heifers at 30, 60, 180, and 349 d postpartum.
  • (9) administration of pig relaxin (greater than or equal to 3000 U) does not effectively alter periparturient characteristics of beef heifers.
  • (10) Extraparenchymal tissue weight was 12 to 35% less in heifers given 16 light: 8 dark than in heifers exposed to 8 light: 16 dark.
  • (11) A seven months old heifer fell ill showing typical signs of acute lead intoxication.
  • (12) Three age groups were used: stall fed yearlings, grazing heifers and lactating cows.
  • (13) For heifer carcass traits from 3- to 6-yr-old dams, breed was significant (P less than .05 to P less than .01) for carcass weight, longissimus muscle area, percentage of cutability, and estimated kidney, heart, and pelvic fat.
  • (14) At least 9% of the respondents did not practice heifer calf vaccination whilst another 8.1% only commenced with vaccination during 1985 or later.
  • (15) Six Hereford heifer calves were infested with Psoroptes ovis and compared to six uninfested control calves.
  • (16) Two mature heifers were slaughtered on days 3, 6-7, 10-11, 16, 18-19 or on day 21 of the oesterus cycle.
  • (17) In L-OVXE and L-INT heifers, secretion of LH was low and unchanged during the period of dietary energy restriction.
  • (18) The experimental endpoint was 245 d of the treatment phase for nonpregnant and 3 wk postpartum for pregnant heifers.
  • (19) Herd sizes were unrestricted; however, 100 heifers were saved as replacements.
  • (20) One heifer from each group was ovariectomized (OVX) at 48, 56, 64 and 72 h. The fifth heifer of the INDO group was OVX at 80 h. Blood samples were collected at 0 h, every 2 h between 37 and 47 h, and at the time of each OVX to monitor plasma progesterone (P4) and luteinizing hormone (LH) concentrations.

Steer


Definition:

  • (a.) A young male of the ox kind; especially, a common ox; a castrated taurine male from two to four years old. See the Note under Ox.
  • (v. t.) To castrate; -- said of male calves.
  • (n.) To direct the course of; to guide; to govern; -- applied especially to a vessel in the water.
  • (v. i.) To direct a vessel in its course; to direct one's course.
  • (v. i.) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm; as, the boat steers easily.
  • (v. i.) To conduct one's self; to take or pursue a course of action.
  • (v. t.) A rudder or helm.
  • (n.) A helmsman, a pilot.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Steroid-treated steers showed a slight decline in synthesis which was significant (P less than 0.05) at week +5 post-implant while amino acid oxidation was significantly lower at weeks +2 (P less than 0.01) and +5 (P less than 0.05) compared with control animals.
  • (2) The only thing Michael Fabricant could reasonably be vice-chairman of is the steering committee of Nurse Ratched 's ward fete.
  • (3) Holstein steers gained 11% faster (P less than .005) and consumed 8% less (P less than .025) dry matter per unit gain than the average of Angus and Polled Hereford steers.
  • (4) "We are probably steering towards Russia turning off its gas provision," he was quoted as saying.
  • (5) I tried desperately hard not to influence her, but I did steer her away from a baby that I've already bought her for her Christmas present.
  • (6) A detailed account of the progress of a preschool child learning to steer a powered wheelchair via a mouth-operated joystick is described.
  • (7) Educated at Imperial College London, he trained at the contractors Freeman Fox, but in 1978 he turned freelance as a transport consultant, setting up his own firm: Steer Davies Gleave.
  • (8) Flying in Soyuz was β€œ real teamwork ” she said, adding: β€œTim will have no trouble with that.” David Southwood , a senior researcher at Imperial College, and a member of the UK space agency steering board, has known Tim since he joined the European Space Agency in 2009.
  • (9) Postweaning growth and carcass characters of 110 steers from a complete two-breed diallel of the Devon and Hereford breeds were examined under two environments.
  • (10) A fired-up Lleyton Hewitt just fell short in his bid to steer Australia to an upset victory in their Davis Cup doubles showdown with the United States.
  • (11) As a parent himself, he steered a deliberate course on discipline (neither he nor his wife ever smacked their girls) and on external influences - the family did not have a television while the children were young, preferring to read.
  • (12) A mixture of (1-14C)-labeled free fatty acids (FFA), complexed in bovine plasma, was infused into the abdominal aorta of conscious young steers exposed to thermoneutral or moderately cold conditions for several hours and fed 6 or 22 h before the experiment.
  • (13) But on Tuesday the White House steered the conversation toward the website.
  • (14) Previously, Hotel Chocolat has steered clear of raising money through the traditional channels.
  • (15) These functional specializations of the different steering muscles in mediating different behavioral response components are related to the properties of two parallel visual pathways that are selectively tuned to large-field and small-field motion, respectively.
  • (16) Motor vehicle occupants may suffer severe cervical airway injuries as the result of impaction with the steering wheel, dashboard, windshield, backseat, and seat belt.
  • (17) A comparison was made of the effect of providing or denying water to steers during the last 20 h before slaughter on carcase weight, bruising, muscle pH, and during the dressing process on the numbers of rumens from which ingesta was split and the number of heads and tongues condemned because of contamination with ingesta.
  • (18) In 1987, the Educational Steering Committee for Cancer Care at The Washington Hospital was established to meet this need.
  • (19) Since 2010, he has worked for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa), the wing of the US defense department devoted to funding and developing new technologies, from a self-steering bullet called Exacto to the packet-switching system, Arpanet, that became the internet.
  • (20) The role of steering wheel design in maxillofacial trauma is discussed and new solutions briefly reviewed.

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