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=== Practices ===
{{further|Animal husbandry}}

[[File:Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations diagram.svg|thumb|upright=1.5|In [[concentrated animal feeding operation]]s, the cattle are not allowed to wander and graze, as food is brought to them in a [[feedlot]].<ref name="EPA CAFO Manual"/>]]

Cattle are often raised by allowing herds to [[Grass fed beef|graze on the grasses]] of large tracts of [[rangeland]]. Raising cattle extensively in this manner allows the use of land that might be unsuitable for growing crops. The most common interactions with cattle involve daily [[cattle feeding|feeding]], cleaning and [[milking]]. Many routine husbandry practices involve [[ear tag]]ging, [[Livestock dehorning|dehorning]], loading, [[Veterinary surgery|medical operations]], [[Artificial insemination of cattle|artificial insemination]], vaccinations and [[Cloven hoof|hoof]] care, as well as training for agricultural shows and preparations. Around the world, [[Fula people|Fulani]] husbandry rests on behavioural techniques, whereas in Europe, cattle are controlled primarily by physical means, such as [[fence]]s.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Lott |first=Dale F. |author2=Hart, Benjamin L. |title=Applied ethology in a nomadic cattle culture |journal=Applied Animal Ethology |volume=5 |issue=4 |pages=309–319 |date=October 1979 |doi=10.1016/0304-3762(79)90102-0}}</ref> Breeders use cattle husbandry to reduce [[tuberculosis]] susceptibility by [[selective breeding]] and maintaining herd health to avoid concurrent disease.<ref>{{cite report |last1=Krebs |first1=J.R. |last2=Anderson |first2=T. |last3=Clutton-Brock |first3=W.T. |title=Bovine tuberculosis in cattle and badgers: an independent scientific review |publisher=[[Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food]] |year=1997 |url=http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/tb/publications/hpanel.pdf |access-date=4 September 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040722232232/http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/tb/publications/hpanel.pdf |archive-date=22 July 2004|display-authors=etal}}</ref>

In the United States, many cattle are raised intensively, kept in [[concentrated animal feeding operation]]s, meaning there are at least 700 mature dairy cows or at least 1000 other cattle stabled or confined in a [[feedlot]] for "45 days or more in a 12-month period".<ref name="EPA CAFO Manual">{{cite report |date=February 2012 |title=NPDES Permit Writers' Manual for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations |url=https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-10/documents/cafo_permitmanual_entire.pdf|publisher=[[United States Environmental Protection Agency]] |location=Washington, D.C. |id=EPA 833-F-12-001 |chapter=2. AFOs and CAFOs}}</ref>{{-}}

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File:Cattle inspected for ticks.jpg|A Hereford being inspected for [[tick]]s. Cattle are often restrained in [[cattle crush]]es when given medical attention.
File:Anneau anti tetee P1190486.jpg|A calf with a [[Nose ring (animal)|nose ring]] to prevent it from suckling, usually to assist in [[weaning]]
File:Beef cattle in a feedlot in New Mexico.jpg|Cattle feedlot in [[New Mexico]], United States
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