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Concept information

Preferred term

beef cattle

Type

  • Organism

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Synonyms

  • beef heifers
  • beef steers

Scope note

  • Use for the bovine animals raised for their meat; for the meat of bovine animals USE beef.

Has product

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/16293

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