How to Use dairy cattle in a Sentence

dairy cattle

plural noun
  • Arthur was a true farmer, who farmed dairy cattle and hogs for many years.
    — Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Sign up to receive updates on bird flu in dairy cattle here.
    — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 14 Dec. 2025
  • The spread of bird flu in dairy cattle took scientists by surprise.
    — Will Stone, NPR, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The virus also has been identified in the state’s dairy cattle and wild birds.
    — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2024
  • The new recall comes amid bird flu outbreaks in wild birds, poultry and dairy cattle.
    — Sam Tupper, CNN, 25 Nov. 2024
  • And with it, enough land so her ladies and their children can live a life that most dairy cattle never know.
    — John Ramos, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • There is also an ongoing outbreak of bird flu among dairy cattle.
    — Carma Hassan, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Scientists say the bird flu spreading among dairy cattle poses a low risk to humans.
    — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 2 May 2024
  • The excrement of beef and dairy cattle is therefore rich in the full range of metabolic volatiles.
    — Harold McGee, Wired, 6 Nov. 2020
  • There have been no detections of the viral strain in dairy cattle in Arizona.
    — Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 30 Dec. 2024
  • People who work with poultry and dairy cattle have a greater chance of being exposed to the virus and getting sick.
    — Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The virus spreads through an animal’s saliva, mucus and feces, or through milk from dairy cattle.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
  • His mom, Ethel, and dad, Waldo, lived on a farm, acres and acres of land filled with dairy cattle and fields of grain.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 19 Jan. 2020
  • The virus has ravaged populations of wild birds, poultry and dairy cattle.
    — Tom Howarth, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The disease has spread through dairy cattle throughout the state and led to several human cases.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Last week sick dairy cattle in Texas and Kansas tested positive for bird flu.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The findings come as other states have detected outbreaks among wild birds, poultry flocks and dairy cattle.
    — Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Canada has had no cases reported in dairy cattle and no evidence of bird flu in samples of milk.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • While the virus also spread to dairy cattle, the outbreaks didn’t seem to boost California milk prices.
    — Annika Merrilees, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
  • College students will also compete in meat, livestock and dairy cattle judging.
    — Brayden Garcia january 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Bird flu has been confirmed in dairy cattle herds in nine states, has been found in milk and has prompted the slaughter of millions of chickens and turkeys.
    — Josh Funk, Fortune, 25 May 2024
  • The concern, again, is that a worker who is in close contact with chickens in the past and now with dairy cattle might come into contact with this virus.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
  • The bird flu was first detected in dairy cattle in March 2024 and has since spread to 17 states.
    — Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Global milk prices have surged as a result, prompting some New Zealand farmers to switch from sheep to dairy cattle.
    — WSJ, 14 Aug. 2017
  • Both patients carried a version of the virus that is circulating in wild birds, distinct from the one causing the outbreak in dairy cattle.
    — Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The spread of bird flu among dairy cattle reflects an expansion of the range of mammals that can be sickened by the virus that typically infects birds.
    — Julie Steenhuysen, Detroit Free Press, 23 May 2024
  • Bird flu can be transmitted from birds to humans through close contact with infected animals, such as poultry, wild birds, and dairy cattle.
    — Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
  • Cardozo added that all milking operations have ceased, and some beef and non-lactating dairy cattle are still grazing.
    — Richard Halstead, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • In March 2024, a multistate outbreak of this virus was reported in dairy cattle.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Just last week, a variant of H5N1 that had circulated in wild birds and poultry turned up in dairy cattle for the first time.
    — Will Stone, NPR, 13 Feb. 2025

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