Animal Science Flashcards
Male breeding ox of any age
Bull
A female horse used in breeding purposes.
Broodmare
Young male calf under one year of age.
Bull calf
Usually stag for draft purposes.
Bullock
Young male horse usually up to the age of three years.
Colt
Horsemanship; the art of riding on horseback.
Equitation
Horsemanship; the art of riding on horseback.
Equitation
Young ox of either sex, under one year of age.
Calf
Scientific name of Cattle - no hump
Bos taurus
Scientific name of Bufallo
Bubalus bubalis
Scientific name of sheep
Ovis aries
Scientific name of Goat
Capra hircus
Scientific name of Chicken.
Gallus gallus
Scientific name of Horse
Equus caballus
Scientific name of Pig
Sus scrofa
Scientific name of Guinea fowl.
Numida meleagris
Scientic name of Pigeon
Columbia livia
Scientific name of Turkey.
Meleagris gallopavo
Scientific name of Mallard duck
Anas platyrhnchos
Scientific name of Goose
Anser domesticus
Scientific name of Muscovy duck
Cairina moschata
Systems of Breeding.
Selection, inbreeding and cross breeding
Domesticated bovine animal.
Cattle
Young female horse usually up to the age of three years.
Filly
Mature female ox, one that has given birth.
Cow
Young horse of either age below one year of age.
Foal
Carabaobull, caraheifer, caracow, etc.
Carabull
Horse which was castrated while young.
Gelding
Mature female horse
Mare
Mature female carabao, one that has given birth.
Caracow
Young female carabao, under three years of age usually one that has not yet given birth
Caraheifer
Young female ox under the age of three years, usually one that has not yet given birth.
Heifer
Bull about whom one have sufficient unselected information to indicate his transmitting ability.
Proven sire
Ruminant member of the bovine family, or sometimes the male used for draft purposes
Ox
Male ox castrated after sexual maturity.
Stag
Male ox castrated before sexual maturity
Steer
Male pig of any age
Boar
Male pig which was castrated while young.
Barrow
Group of pigs born in one farrowing
Litter
Young pig of either sex weighing approximately 60 kg
Shote
Mature female pig.
Sow
Young pigs separated from the sow, about 5 weeks old
Weanling.
Male goat of any age
Billy goat or buck
Female goat of any age
Doe
Female sheep of any age
Ewe
Wool covering of the sheep
Fleece
Young goat of either sex below one year of age.
Kid
Young sheep of either sex below one year of age.
Lamb
Wool and skin of sheep.
Pelt
Male sheep of any age for breeding purposes.
Ram
A caponized male, readily distinguished by the undeveloped comb and wattles
Capon
Young chicken while in the down stage.
Chick
One of the more common poultry species different from turkey, geese, etc.
Chicken
A male fowl less than one year old.
Cockerel
A male duck
Drake
A female duck
Duck
The young duck in the down stage.
Duckling
The young of the domestic turkey, properly applied until sex can be distinguished.
Poult
The feathers of a fowl
Plumage
A female fowl less than one year old
Pullet
A male fowl one year old or over
Rooster
Act of fertilization
Conception
Female parent
Dam
The act of giving birth.
Parturition