{"id":76842,"date":"2022-04-22T04:09:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T04:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-an-ox-a-cow-or-bull-2\/"},"modified":"2022-04-22T04:09:36","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T04:09:36","slug":"is-an-ox-a-cow-or-bull-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-an-ox-a-cow-or-bull-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Is an ox a cow or bull?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-an-ox-a-cow-or-bull-2\/#Is_an_ox_a_cow_or_bull\" title=\"Is an ox a cow or bull?\">Is an ox a cow or bull?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-an-ox-a-cow-or-bull-2\/#Is_ox_and_bull_same\" title=\"Is ox and bull same?\">Is ox and bull same?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-an-ox-a-cow-or-bull-2\/#Is_an_ox_and_a_cow_the_same_thing\" title=\"Is an ox and a cow the same thing?\">Is an ox and a cow the same thing?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-an-ox-a-cow-or-bull-2\/#Can_a_bull_become_an_ox\" title=\"Can a bull become an ox?\">Can a bull become an ox?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-an-ox-a-cow-or-bull-2\/#Is_an_ox_the_same_as_a_bull\" title=\"Is an ox the same as a bull?\">Is an ox the same as a bull?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-an-ox-a-cow-or-bull-2\/#Can_an_ox_be_a_cow\" title=\"Can an ox be a cow?\">Can an ox be a cow?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-an-ox-a-cow-or-bull-2\/#Is_a_cow_the_same_as_an_ox\" title=\"Is a cow the same as an ox?\">Is a cow the same as an ox?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-an-ox-a-cow-or-bull-2\/#Is_ox_a_bull_or_cow\" title=\"Is ox a bull or cow?\">Is ox a bull or cow?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-an-ox-a-cow-or-bull-2\/#Is_ox_another_name_for_bull\" title=\"Is ox another name for bull?\">Is ox another name for bull?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_an_ox_a_cow_or_bull\"><\/span>Is an ox a cow or bull?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A cow is a female. To be called as such, it should be approximately 4 years old and has given birth to at least one calf. Its male counterpart is called a bull. <b>An ox, on the other hand, is a castrated mature bull<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_ox_and_bull_same\"><\/span>Is ox and bull same?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Ox vs Bull: Gender Differences <b>Oxen can be either male or female, though they are often only male, while a bull refers to strictly male cattle. Oxen can be either males or females, depending on their size and hauling capabilities.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_an_ox_and_a_cow_the_same_thing\"><\/span>Is an ox and a cow the same thing?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In most respects, <b>there are no major differences between oxen and cows. The main difference is that oxen are male bovine used for working purposes, whereas cows are female bovine used for milking and beef purposes.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_a_bull_become_an_ox\"><\/span>Can a bull become an ox?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>There are occurrences where a bull might be considered an ox. Any uncastrated male cow used as a work animal will be considered oxen (the plural of &#8216;ox&#8217;). However, due to hormonal changes after reaching sexual maturity, bulls are much more difficult to control than castrated male cows.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_an_ox_the_same_as_a_bull\"><\/span>Is an ox the same as a bull?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Ox vs Bull: Gender Differences <b>Oxen can be either male or female, though they are often only male, while a bull refers to strictly male cattle. Oxen can be either males or females, depending on their size and hauling capabilities.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_an_ox_be_a_cow\"><\/span>Can an ox be a cow?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Put simply, an ox (or oxen if you&#8217;re talking about more than one), is any cattle over four years of age that has been trained to do work. Most often they are steers (castrated male cattle). <b>Any breed of cattle can be trained to become an ox, although some breeds are better suited to it than others.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_a_cow_the_same_as_an_ox\"><\/span>Is a cow the same as an ox?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>There are occurrences where a bull might be considered an ox. Any uncastrated male cow used as a work animal will be considered oxen (the plural of &#8216;ox&#8217;). However, due to hormonal changes after reaching sexual maturity, bulls are much more difficult to control than castrated male cows.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_ox_a_bull_or_cow\"><\/span>Is ox a bull or cow?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Put simply, an ox (or oxen if you&#8217;re talking about more than one), is <b>any cattle over four years of age that has been trained to do work. Most often they are steers (castrated male cattle). Any breed of cattle can be trained to become an ox, although some breeds are better suited to it than others.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_ox_another_name_for_bull\"><\/span>Is ox another name for bull?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>There are occurrences where a bull might be considered an ox. Any uncastrated male cow used as a work animal will be considered oxen (the plural of &#8216;ox&#8217;). However, due to hormonal changes after reaching sexual maturity, bulls are much more difficult to control than castrated male cows.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents Is an ox a cow or bull?Is ox and bull same?Is an ox and a cow the same thing?Can a bull become an ox?Is an ox the same as a bull?Can an ox be a cow?Is a cow the same as an ox?Is ox a bull or cow?Is ox another name for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76842"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}