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Quote: Can a bull be called an ox, or is it just castrated bovine?
-Kathy
Did you know that a castrated (no longer)bull is called a steer and remains a steer until it is one year old it then is a Ox?
No, but I do know that's not the case
I was told that by a vet once and I just checked my notes and it is actually 4 years old that they turn into a Ox. It was a while ago that I heard it and I guess my memory isn't perfect.
Quote: Can a bull be called an ox, or is it just castrated bovine?
-Kathy
Did you know that a castrated (no longer)bull is called a steer and remains a steer until it is one year old it then is a Ox?
No, but I do know that's not the case
I was told that by a vet once and I just checked my notes and it is actually 4 years old that they turn into a Ox. It was a while ago that I heard it and I guess my memory isn't perfect.
Not to be argumentative, but unless I'm very badly mistaken, a cow, bull, or steer will never be an ox, regardless of age, unless they're trained as work animals
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did you know Wikipedia has this information :
Ox
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This article is about cattle used for draft. For other uses of "ox" or "oxen", see Ox (disambiguation). For other uses of "bullock", see Bullock (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with aurochs or musk ox.
Zebu oxen in Mumbai, India.
Oxen used in farms for plowing.
An ox (plural oxen), also known as a bullock in Australia and India, is a bovine trained as a draft animal. Oxen are commonly castrated adult male cattle; castration makes the animals easier to control. Cows (adult females) or bulls (intact males) may also be used in some areas.
Oxen are used for plowing, for transport (pulling carts, hauling wagons and even riding), for threshing grain by trampling, and for powering machines that grind grain or supply irrigation among other purposes. Oxen may be also used to skid logs in forests, particularly in low-impact, select-cut logging.
Oxen are usually yoked in pairs. Light work such as carting household items on good roads might require just one pair, while for heavier work, further pairs would be added as necessary. A team used for a heavy load over difficult ground might exceed nine or ten pairs.
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Quote: Can a bull be called an ox, or is it just castrated bovine?
-Kathy
Did you know that a castrated (no longer)bull is called a steer and remains a steer until it is one year old it then is a Ox?
No, but I do know that's not the case
I was told that by a vet once and I just checked my notes and it is actually 4 years old that they turn into a Ox. It was a while ago that I heard it and I guess my memory isn't perfect.
Not to be argumentative, but unless I'm very badly mistaken, a cow, bull, or steer will never be an ox, regardless of age, unless they're trained as work animals
Did you know that I am not 100% sure in my sources so there is a good possibility that you could be right?That is just what I have been told.
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