dairy cattle
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Encyclopedic overview
A Holstein cow with prominent udder and less muscle than is typical of beef breeds Dairy cattle (also called dairy cows) are cattle bred with the ability to produce large quantities of milk, from which dairy products are made. Dairy cattle generally are of the species Bos taurus.
Historically, little distinction was made between dairy cattle and beef cattle, with the same stock often being used for both meat and milk production. Today, the bovine industry is more specialized and most dairy cattle have been bred to produce large volumes of milk.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “dairy cattle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.