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Semi-protected edit request on 8 April 2022

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Change dairy breeds are called cows and non-dairy breeds are called bulls to females of the species are called cows while intact males are called bulls and castrated males are called steers. 2601:180:301:E9D:548C:905B:5E53:B9DB (talk) 00:23, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done Vandalism reverted. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:41, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Zoroastrian Cleaning

Probably need a newer source than this for such an important topic, but apparently among Zoroastrians cow's urine went from being a preventative/cure against leprosy to being a common daily ablution to avoid disease and evil spirits until the early 20th century. In lieu of cow's urine, apparently goat or human urine was used as a less effective substitute. — LlywelynII 09:00, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Vagueness

'dominance-associated aggressiveness does not correlate with rank position, but is closely related to rank distance between individuals.'

This is unclear. How is it related? Does it increase or decrease with rank distance? 79.100.144.23 (talk) 22:43, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 24 August 2022

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Cows are very important animals they should not get eaten! 72.2.158.134 (talk) 16:46, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Thewsomeguy (talk) 18:25, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Taxonomy

This article should be updated to reflect the newer taxonomy agreed to at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mammals/Archive 13#RFC: Taxonomy of Cattle, namely:

Bos taurus = taurine cattle (European cattle)
Bos indicus = zebu (Indicine cattle)
Bos primigenius = aurochs, the undomesticated ancestor
subgenus Bos = cattle (not to be confused with the genus Bos)

Kaldari (talk) 19:03, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]