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		Ruminant

		Any hooved animal, such as a dairy cow, that digests its food by first eating the raw material and then regurgitating a semi-digested form known as cud. These animals then eat their cud, a process called ruminating. Other ruminants include goats, sheep, camels, llamas, giraffes, bison, buffalo and deer.

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Antibiotic	Factory Farm	Milking Shorthorn
Artificial Insemination (AI)	Family Farm	Nutrient Management Plan
Ayrshire	Forage	Organic Milk
Biotechnology	Freestall Barn	Pasteurization
Bovine	Fresh Cow	Pasture
Brown Swiss	Guernsey	Pesticides
Bulk Tank	Hay	Processing Plant
Bull	Heifer	Raw Milk
Butter	Herd	rBGH or rbST
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Calf	Homogenization	Rumen
Casein	Hoof Trimmer	Ruminant
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