Animal Science Terminology Flashcards
What does the term “Bovine” refer to?
Cattle
What does the term “Canine” refer to?
A dog
What does the term “Caprine” refer to?
A goat
What does the term “Equine” refer to?
A horse
What does the term “Feline” refer to?
A cat
What does the term “Ovine” refer to?
Sheep
What does the term “Porcine” refer to?
A pig/Swine
What is Beef?
The meat that comes from cattle
What is a bull?
An intact, sexually mature male bovine
What is a calf?
A young bovine of either sex
If a bovine is “calving” she is…
…Giving birth
What is a cow?
A female bovine that has produced a calf
What is a cow-calf operation?
A management unit that maintains a breeding herd of cows and produces weaned calves
If an animal is “crossbred” that means they are?…
…A product of crossing two or more breeds.
What does the term “fat cattle” refer to?
Cattle that have been on feed and are ready for slaughter
What are “feeder cattle”?
Cattle that are placed in a feed lot for finishing
What is a feedlot?
A management unit where cattle are fed in confinement and grown to slaughter weight
What does the term ‘Freshen” refer to?
It is the dairy cow equivalent to “Calving”
What is a heifer?
A female bovine that has not produced a calf
What is a heiferette?
A female bovine that has calved once, dried up, and is then fed for slaughter
What is a herd?
A group of cattle
What does it mean if an animal is “purebred”?
It is eligible for registry with a recognized breed association
What is a steer?
A castrated male bovine
What is a stocker?
Weaned cattle that are fed high-roughage diets (including grazing) prior to feedlot entry
What is a yearling?
A bovine of either sex that is around one year of age
What is a billy?
An intact, sexually mature male goat
What is a buck?
An intact, sexually mature male sheep
What is chevon?
The meat from a goat
What is a doe?
A sexually mature female goat
What is a Ewe?
A sexually mature female sheep
What is fleece?
The wool shorn from a sheep
What is a flock?
A group of sheep or goats
What is a kid?
A young goat of either sex
What does “kidding” mean?
The act of birthing a goat
What is a lamb?
A young sheep
What is lamb?
The meat from a sheep under one year of age
What is “lambing”?
The act of birthing a sheep
What is Mohair?
The fiber of an Angora goat
What is mutton?
The meat from sheep over one year of age
What is a nanny?
A sexually mature female goat
What does the term “Prolificacy” mean?
The ability to produce multiple offspring
What is a ram?
An intact, sexually mature male sheep
What is a wether?
A castrated male sheep/goat
What is a Barrow?
A castrated male swine
What is a boar?
An intact, sexually mature male pig; young males are called boar pigs
What is an Ear Notch?
A permanent method of identification in which a small notch of skin is removed from the ear(s). The litter number is placed in the right ear and the individual pig number is placed in the left
Farrow to finish
A management unit that maintains a breeding herd where piglets are born then fed to harvest weight on the same farm
What is farrowing?
The act of birthing a pig
What is a feeder pig?
Weened pig that is ready to be fed to slaughter weight
What is a gilt?
A young female pig that has not produced offspring
What is a hog?
A pig. The term is interchangeable.
What are needle teeth?
A set of 8 very sharp teeth that are clipped around 1-3 days of age to prevent injury to other piglets and the sow
What is a piglet?
A young pig of either sex
What is pork?
General term for the meat from a pig
What is a sow?
A mature female pig that has produced offspring
What is a broodmare?
A female horse used for breeding purposes
What is a colt?
A young, immature male horse/donkey
What is a filly?
A young, immature female horse
What is a foal?
A young horse or donkey of either sex
What is a gelding?
A castrated male horse/donkey
What is “Foaling?”
The act of birthing a horse/donkey
What is a Hinny?
The offspring of a Jenny and Stallion
What is a Jack/Jackass?
An intact, sexually mature male donkey
What is a Jenny/Jennette?
A female donkey
What is a mare?
A sexually mature female horse who has foaled or any female equine four years of age or older
What is a mule?
The offspring of a mare and jack
What is a stallion?
a sexually mature male horse
What is a stud?
A sexually mature male horse
What is a broiler?
A young chicken of either sex grown for meat
What is a capon?
A castrated male chicken. Castration usually occurs between 3 and 4 weeks of age
What is a chick?
A young chicken of either sex
What is a cock?
A sexually mature male chicken
What is a cockerel?
A young male chicken
What is a flock?
A group of turkeys/chickens
What is a hen?
A sexually mature female chicken
What is a layer?
A hen kept for egg production
What does the term “Oviposition” mean?
The egg laying process
What is a poult?
A young Turkey of either sex
What is a pullet?
An immature female turkey
What is a rooster?
A sexually mature male chicken
What is a “spent hen”?
A hen that has completed her laying cycle and is ready for market as a stewing hen
What is a tom? (poultry)
A mature male turkey
What is a bitch?
A female dog
What is a dog?
A male dog (intact or castrated)
What is a gib?
A castrated male cat
What is a kitten?
A young cat of either sex
What is a puppy?
A young dog of either sex
What is a queen?
An unswayed female cat
What is “queening”?
The act of birthing a cat
What does “A.I.” stand for?
Artificial insemination
What does “Ad libitum” mean?
Allowing an animal access to unlimited feed and water
What does “breed” mean?
Animals having a common origin and characteristics that distinguish them from other members of their species; the act of mating
What does “Cull” mean?
To eliminate from the breeding population
What is a Dam?
The female parent
What does it mean to be “dry”?
It means a female is not lactating
What does the term “Dystocia” mean?
Difficulty giving birth
What does the term “Estrous” mean?
An adjective meaning “heat” which modifies such words as “cycle”. The estrous cycle is the heat cycles, or time from one heat to the next
Estrus
The period of mating activity in the female; standing heat; the period when the female is receptive to mating
Estrus synchronization
Controlling the estrous cycle so that a high percentage of the females in the herd express estrus or ovulation at the same time
What is “fill”?
The contents of the digestive track
Gestation period
The term/length of pregnancy
What is a sire?
The male parent
What does it mean to “wean”?
The removal of young from the dam (mother)
What is a wet female?
A female that is lactating
