Preposition: of

• cow: The diagram shows the position of the udder of a cow.

• ewe: Check udders of all ewes immediately after they lamb or as soon as possible, to see that there is ample colostrum.

Possessives

• cow: Bacteria present on the cow's udders or on equipment may get into raw milk.

Converse of object

• distend: Back legs held awkwardly to allow for their distended udders, they make their painful way around the ring.

• overstock: According to FAWC: " It is common practice to send dairy cattle to market or to agricultural shows with overstocked udders.

• have: In beef cows, who have small udders, the incidence of mastitis is a fraction of that in dairy herds ( 29 ).

• protect: There is evidence to suggest that minor pathogens increase milk cell counts and can help to protect the udder against mastitis.

• enter: The cow's physiology is stressed, and when bacteria do enter the udder, mastitis is likely.

• cause: Mastitis is an infection of the udder caused by micro-organisms, usually bacteria.

Adjective modifier

• swollen: Swollen udders are commonly hot with mastitis; they can be agonizing and leak pus.

• bovine: The bovine udder has a capacity to clear itself of infection without therapy.

• enormous: It's always been her wish to bring people together, regardless of color or creed, in admiration of her enormous artificial udders.

Modifies a noun

• infection: Female calves become milk machines like their mothers, suffering chronic lameness, painful udder infections and constant hunger.

• cell: Very surprisingly, the adult cell DNA was able to give rise to a complete individual, not just more udder cells.

• health: The correct action of the milking machine is essential to cow comfort, optimum milking performance and udder health.

• attachment: All bulls are high type and will improve dairy type in particular teat length and udder attachment.

• lesion: When used for treating udder lesions in cattle, the udder and the teats should be washed immediately before the next milking.

• tissue: To complicate things, the donor's udder tissue had been cultured in a laboratory before use.