Dairy cattle (also called dairy cows or milk cows) are cattle cows bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk, fro

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Dairy cattle (also called dairy cows or milk cows) are cattle cows bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk, from which dairy products are made. Dairy cows generally are of the species Bos taurus. Historically, there was little distinction between dairy cattle and beef cattle, with the same stock often being used for both meat and milk production. Today, the bovine industry is more specialized and most dairy cattle have been bred to produce large volumes of milk. The United States dairy herd produced billion kg (185 billion lbs) of milk in 2007, up from billion kg (116 billion lbs) in 1950, yet there were only about 9 million cows on dairy farms—about 13 million fewer than there were in 1950

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