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Regrouping induces anhedonia-like responses in dairy heifers (JDS Communications, a journal of the American Dairy Science Association)
• Don’t mind milk?
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Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 3 Apr. 2025
During the dig, Neil and Irene Armstrong, who have lived on the land for more than two decades, temporarily moved their heifers from the field, as the couple told the Cumbria News & Star’s Paul McTaggart in August.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
When Zeus took a liking to princess Io, Hera turned her into a heifer, then sent a gadfly – like a horse fly – to sting her constantly.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 20 Jan. 2025
My farmer grandfather warned me not to name my pet heifer.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 17 May 2024
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Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 3 Apr. 2025
During the dig, Neil and Irene Armstrong, who have lived on the land for more than two decades, temporarily moved their heifers from the field, as the couple told the Cumbria News & Star’s Paul McTaggart in August.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
When Zeus took a liking to princess Io, Hera turned her into a heifer, then sent a gadfly – like a horse fly – to sting her constantly.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 20 Jan. 2025
My farmer grandfather warned me not to name my pet heifer.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 17 May 2024
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“Heifer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heifer. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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heifer
noun
heif·er
ˈhef-ər 
: a young cow
especially
: one that has not had a calf
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