"Modern cattle" refers to the present-day domesticated animals known as cattle that have been selectively bred for specific traits, such as meat or milk production. Full definition
The Army Chief disclosed that in keeping up with modern cattle rearing tradition, he sent officers of the Army to Argentina to look at how cattle were reared. (securitykingng.org)
Then they went one step further: most of the methylations they found were in exactly the same spots as methylations in the same genes of modern cattle. (newscientist.com)
Together they're «back - breeding» modern cattle to take on aurochs - like traits — like menacing horns and stripes along their backs — and then introducing herds of these doppelganger herbivores into landscapes where aurochs once roamed. (discovermagazine.com)