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The team started with a group of 20 Holstein dairy heifers ranging from three to six months old, who had previous experience in the cattle chute area and with human handling.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2024

As the grazing heifers lifted their horns, their playful roughhousing seemed like a display of holiday cheer.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2023

The number of heifers, or young female cows, in U.S. feedlots as of Oct.

From Reuters • Nov. 10, 2023

"The on-farm slaughter of heavily pregnant cows or heifers identified as TB reactors is a harrowing event for all concerned," said NFU Cymru TB Focus Group Chairman Roger Lewis.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2023

Thus Eurylokhos; and they murmured ‘Aye!’ trooping away at once to round up heifers.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer