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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary

U.S. Department of Agriculture

beef cattle

Subject Category: L Animal Science and Animal Products; S Biological Sciences
RDF/XML Format:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/16293.rdf
Scope Note: Use for the bovine animals raised for their meat; for the meat of bovine animals USE beef.
Persistent URI:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/16293
Used For: beef heifers; beef steers
Broader Term: cattle; meat animals
Narrower Term: beef bulls; beef cows; feeder cattle; stocker cattle
Related Term: beef; beef industry; beef production; meat products
Spanish: ganado de carne
Term Number: 16293

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