names for farm animals Ch. 5

Question 1

porcine

Answer 1

pig/swine

Question 2

boar

Answer 2

intact male pic

Question 3

sow

Answer 3

intact female pig

Question 4

barrow

Answer 4

male pig castrated when young

Question 5

stag

Answer 5

male pig castrated after maturity

Question 6

gilt

Answer 6

young female pig that has not farrowed

Question 7

pig/piglet

Answer 7

young pig; old term is shoat

Question 8

farrowing

Answer 8

giving birth to pigs

Question 9

herd

Answer 9

group of pigs

Question 10

equine

Answer 10

horse donkey mule pony

Question 11

stallion

Answer 11

intact male equine >4 years old

Question 12

colt

Answer 12

intact male equine <4 years old

Question 13

mare

Answer 13

intact female equine >4 years old

Question 14

filly

Answer 14

intact female equine <4 years old

Question 15

gelding

Answer 15

castrated male equine

Question 16

ridgeling

Answer 16

cryptorchid equine (one or both testicles have not descended from the abdomen)

Question 17

foal

Answer 17

young equine of either sex

Question 18

weanling

Answer 18

young equine <1 year old that has been weaned from its mother

Question 19

suckling

Answer 19

a still nursing foal

Question 20

yearling

Answer 20

young equine between 1 and 2 years old; a short yearling is closer to 1 year old while a long yearling is closer to 2 years old.

Question 21

foaling

Answer 21

giving birth to equine

Question 22

herd

Answer 22

group of equine

Question 23

band

Answer 23

group of horses consisting of one mature stallion, his breeding mares, and the immature male and female offspring of his mares

Question 24

brood mare

Answer 24

breeding female equine

Question 25

maiden mare

Answer 25

female equine never bred

Question 26

barren mare

Answer 26

intact female horse that was not bred or did not conceive the previous season; also called open mare

Question 27

wet mare

Answer 27

intact female horse that has foaled during the current breeding season

Question 28

agalactic mare

Answer 28

inrtact female horse not producing milk

Question 29

pony

Answer 29

equine between 8.2 and 14.2 hands when mature (not a young horse)

Question 30

jack/jackass

Answer 30

intact male donkey

Question 31

jenny

Answer 31

intact female donkey

Question 32

ovine

Answer 32

sheep

Question 33

ram

Answer 33

intact male sheep

Question 34

ewe

Answer 34

intact female sheep

Question 35

wether

Answer 35

castrated male sheep

Question 36

lamb

Answer 36

young sheep

Question 37

hothouse lamb

Answer 37

young sheep less than 3 months of age

Question 38

spring lamb

Answer 38

young sheep 3-7 months of age

Question 39

yearling

Answer 39

sheep 1-2 years of age (used when marketing sheep)

Question 40

lambing

Answer 40

giving birth to sheep

Question 41

flock

Answer 41

group of sheep

Question 42

caprine

Answer 42

goat

Question 43

buck

Answer 43

intact male goat

Question 44

doe

Answer 44

intact female goat

Question 45

wether

Answer 45

castrated male goat

Question 46

kid

Answer 46

young goat

Question 47

kidding

Answer 47

giving birth to goats

Question 48

freshening

Answer 48

giving birth to dairy animals; also called freshen

Question 49

herd

Answer 49

group of goats

Question 50

camelid

Answer 50

llama, alpaca, guanaco, vicuna

Question 51

bull

Answer 51

intact male llama; also called a stallion

Question 52

cow

Answer 52

intact female llama

Question 53

gelding

Answer 53

castrated male llama

Question 54

cria

Answer 54

young llama

Question 55

bovine

Answer 55

cattle

Question 56

bull

Answer 56

intact male bovine

Question 57

jumper bujll

Answer 57

intact male bovine that has just reached maturity and is used for breeding

Question 58

cow

Answer 58

intact female bovine that has given birth

Question 59

steer

Answer 59

male bovine castrated when young

Question 60

stag

Answer 60

male bovine castrated after maturity

Question 61

heifer

Answer 61

young female bovine that has not given birth

Question 62

calf

Answer 62

young bovine

Question 63

calving

Answer 63

giving birth to cattle

Question 64

freshening

Answer 64

giving birth to dairy animals

Question 65

herd

Answer 65

group of cattle

Question 66

springing heifer

Answer 66

young female pregnant with her first calf; also called first calf heifer.

Question 67

freemartin

Answer 67

sexually imperfect usually sterile female calf born as twin with a male calf

Question 68

gomer bull

Answer 68

bull used to detect female bovines in heat; bull may have nbenis surgically deviated to the side, may be treated with androgens, or may be vasectomized so as not to impregnate female; also called teaser bull

Question 69

cervidae

Answer 69

deer, elk, moose, caribou

Question 70

buck

Answer 70

intact male deer

Question 71

bull

Answer 71

intact male elk, moose, caribou

Question 72

doe

Answer 72

intact female deer

Question 73

cow

Answer 73

intact female elk, moose, caribou

Question 74

fawn

Answer 74

young deer

Question 75

heifer

Answer 75

young female elk, moose, caribou

Question 76

herd

Answer 76

group of cervidae.