the dad is called the bull
Bull or sire
He is called either a sire or a bull.
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In cattle, a father is a called a sire. Also, it would not be a father cow, because "cow" means female. A male is a bull or a steer.
Another name for the "father cow" (more properly called a bull) that is used for breeding is called the sire.
He can either be called a Sire or Bull.
A female is a cow and a male is bull.
A cow. The father elephant is a bull.
The dad dolphin is called a bull while the mom dolphin is called a cow.
A calf's sire's dam (if that's what the question is asking about) would be called the granddam.
In Chapter 7 of "A Cow Called Boy", the major conflict revolves around the young protagonist, Boy's, struggle to raise a cow named Blossom while dealing with challenges posed by his strict father who disapproves of the cow. Boy must find a way to care for Blossom without his father finding out.
Mother, being the cow, is the dam. Father, being the bull, is the sire.
A bred cow or a pregnant cow, or, in the dairy industry, just a cow. In sale barns, if she has a calf at side, she is also referred to as a 3-in-1 or a three-fer or suckling bred cow. If she's lactating, like in a beef or dairy herd, then she's called a nursing bred cow, lactating bred cow or bred lactating/milking dairy cow. If she's not nursing or lactating, she's called a dry bred cow non-lactating pregnant cow if you really want to get technical. In the dairy industry, a lactating heifer that has already had her first calf is referred to as a first-calf heifer; once she has a second calf she is generally referred to as a cow. In the beef industry, a heifer that is pregnant with her first calf is called a bred heifer.
They put a fistula in the cow. Thus, the cow is called a fistulated cow.
sire or bull.