How many years can a cow live?

Cattle is the general name of cattle subfamily animals, one of the common livestock, very adaptable, can better adapt to the local climate, vegetarian animals and a wide range of food, like to eat grass, but also like to eat some green plants, can help human agricultural production, let's take a look at how many years cattle can live!

How many years can cattle live?

The life span of cattle is 20 ~ 30 years, and its growth period is 4 years. Combined with the actual lifespan records, it is concluded that the natural lifespan of mammals is 5 to 7 times longer than that of the growing period. The growth period of cattle is as long as 3-5 years, so the natural life span of cattle should be 15-35 years.

Common species of cattle

1. Scalpers: short horns, mostly yellowish brown or black fur, short hair, mostly used for ploughing or pulling rickshaws, meat for food, leather can be made, it is one of the important draft animals.

2. Buffalo: Buffalo is the main draft animal in rice area and is used as milk in India.

3. Yaks: Yaks are knee-long, cold-resistant and bitter-resistant, adapted to the ecological conditions of scarce oxygen in the plateau, and are unique to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. The milk, meat, skin and hair produced are important living resources for local herdsmen.

4. Bison: bison, such as American bison, European bison, etc., can be crossed with common cattle in the genus Bos to produce heterosis and provide useful genes for the breeding of new breeds.

Breed classification of cattle

1. Dairy breeds: dairy breeds mainly include Holstein cattle, Elxia cattle, Jersey cattle, Gengsai cattle and so on.

2. Meat breeds: meat breeds mainly include Heyford short horned cattle, Aberdeen-Angus cattle, Charolais cattle, Limousin cattle, Piedmont cattle, Chiannina cattle, Lincoln Red Bull, Hornless Red Bull, Growe cattle, Defang cattle, Merry Grey cattle, and some modern hybrids between tumor cattle and ordinary cattle. Such as Brahmin cattle, Bradford cattle, Bragg cattle, St. Hertrudis cattle, Beef King, Pansmara cattle and Bifaro cattle and so on.

3. Dual-purpose breeds: dual-purpose breeds mainly include dual-purpose short-horned cattle, Simmental cattle, Swiss brown cattle, Danish red cattle, Angle cattle, Cindy red cattle, Shahihua cattle, and grassland red cattle and * * brown cattle bred by Mongolian cattle and Yili cattle, respectively.

4. Service breeds: the main service breeds are Chinese yellow cattle and buffalo, and some yellow cattle can also be used for both meat and meat, such as Chinese Nanyang cattle, Qinchuan cattle and Luxi cattle. Before the 1970s, buffaloes were also used for dairy service in some parts of China.