Intact males are called bulls, castrated males are steers, females that have not had babies are called heifers, females after having babies are cows and the young are called calves.
Ruminants require fiber or roughage to ensure proper function of the rumen.
Healthy cattle spend considerable time, from eight to nine hours each day in scattered periods of activity, ruminating, usually lying down in sternal recumbency. They need peace and quiet to ruminate. However, like goats, cattle will scatter into many small groups when running from a threat rather than staying together in one flock as do sheep. When handled frequently and gently, most cattle become tractable. Newer handling facilities are generally designed as a system of curved, solid walled chutes, since cattle will keep moving ahead around curves so long as they can't see their handlers or other obstacles.