The phrase "a few herds" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a small number of groups of animals, typically livestock, such as cattle or sheep.
Example: "The farmer decided to sell a few herds of cattle to reduce his expenses."
Alternatives: "several herds" or "a couple of herds".
There are still a few herds of goats and sheep in the valley, but wine and tourism are rapidly taking over.
Others, such as Longhorn and Gloucester cattle, which were down to only a few herds, were brought back from the brink, and today their meat and dairy products are much in demand from restaurants, gastropubs and discerning consumers.
On top of that, Proctor hopes there will be a few herds of more than 10,000 animals, a herd size which hasn't been seen since the mass extermination in the 19th century.
Although its genetic structure technically makes the new strain a "swine flu," experts say, it has not been found in pigs in this country or most elsewhere, aside from a few herds in Canada, Argentina and Australia.
A few herds exist in North America and Europe, but none are as populated as the one here, which numbers 200 to 300, according to Mr. Money and Mr. Brun, who have studied it as part of the plan to turn the land into an ecotourism attraction.
About 3,220 square miles (5,200 square km) in area, it is an island of bogs and morainic hills, covered by vegetation characteristic of the tundra; the vegetation is sufficient to provide pasture for a few herds of reindeer owned by Nenets herdsmen.
Because we presumed a high intraclass correlation with respect to serologic status of animals within herds (based on preliminary test results from a few infected herds), on average 2 dairy cattle (minimum 1, maximum 4) from the same dairy herd were included in the sampling list to prevent occurrence of too many cattle from the same herd.
The Spanish colonial bloodlines are said to persist in a few isolated herds.
A few dozen herds possibly persist from east-central India to Thailand, but these will likely be lost as they interbreed with feral domestic forms.
This was the age of mass marketing, with media being consumed in a few large herds.
Only a few member herds raised opposition to the screening of health status.
