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1
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dog/stud

A

intact male dog

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bitch

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intact female dog

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3
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whelp/pup

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young dog

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4
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whelping

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giving birth to whelps/pups

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5
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Pack

A

group of canines

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6
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tom

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intact male cat

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7
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queen

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intact female cat

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kitten

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young cat

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9
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queening

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giving birth to kittens

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10
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queening

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giving birth to kittens

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11
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Buck

A

intact male rabbit or goat

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12
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lapin

A

neutered male rabbit

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13
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doe

A

intact female rabbit or goat

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14
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kit

A
  • young (blind and deaf) rabbit
  • young ferret
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15
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kindling

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giving birth to rabbits or ferrets

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16
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herd

A
  • a group of rabbits, swine, goats, cattle, equines (5)
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17
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mustela

A

ferret

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18
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hob

A

intact male ferret

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19
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gib

A

neutered male ferret

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20
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jill

A

intact female ferret

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21
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sprite

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spayed female ferret

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22
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pisttacine

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parrots

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23
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cock

A

intact male parrot

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24
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hen

A

intact female parrot, chicken

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25
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chick

A

young parrot
very young chicken

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26
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murine

A

mouse/rat

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27
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sire/male

A

intact male mouse/rat

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28
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dam/female

A

intact female mouse/rat

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29
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pup

A

Young mouse/rat

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30
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rooster/cock

A

sexually mature male chicken

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31
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cockerel

A

immature male chicken

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32
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capon

A

young, castrated male chicken

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33
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pullet

A

immature, intact female chicken

34
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poult

A

young chicken

35
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flock

A

group of chickens, sheep

36
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boar

A

intact male swine

37
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barrow

A

male swine castrated when young

38
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stag

A

male swine castrated after maturity

39
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sow

A

intact female swine

40
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gilt

A

young female swine that has not farrowed

41
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pig

42
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farrowing

A

giving birth to pigs

43
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ovine

44
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ram

A

intact male sheep

45
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wether

A

castrated male sheep

46
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ewe

A

intact female sheep

47
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lamb

A

young seep

48
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lambing

A

giving birth to sheep

49
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caprine

50
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whether

A

castrated male goat

51
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kid

A

young goat

52
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kidding

A

giving birth to goats

53
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freshening

A

giving birth to start lactating
is done in dairy animals (goats, cows)

54
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bull

A

intact male cow

55
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bovine

56
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jumper bull

A

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

57
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gomer/teaser bull

A

male bovine used to detect females in heat but cannot impregnate her (sx deviation of the penis to one side, steroids, vasectomy)

58
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steer

A

male bovine castrated before maturity

59
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stag

A

male bovine castrated after maturity

60
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cow

A

intact female bovine that has given birth

61
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heifer

A

young female bovine that has not given birth

62
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springer heifer/ first calf heifer

A

Young female bovine pregnant with her first calf

63
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second calf heifer

A

female cow pregnant with a second calf (is a cow)

64
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calf

A

young bovine

65
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calving

A

giving birth to cattle

66
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stallion

A

intact male horse over 3 years old

67
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colt

A

intact male equine under 3y

68
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gelding

A

castrated male horses

69
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ridgeling

A

cryptorchid horse

70
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mare

A

intact female horse over 3y

71
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filly

A

intact female horse under 3y that has not foaled

72
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brood mare

A

breeding female horse

73
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maiden mare

A

An intact female that has never bred

74
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barren mare/open mare

A

intact female horse that was not bred or did not conceive the previous season

75
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wet mare

A

intact female that has foaled during the current breeding season

76
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agalactic mare

A

intact female horse not producing milk

77
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foal

A

young horse, from birth to weaning

78
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weanling

A

young foal, from weaning to 1y

79
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yearling

A

Young horse between 1-2y

80
Q

pony

A

horse between 8.2 and 14.2 hands when mature
(1 hand = 4 inches)

81
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foaling

A

giving birth to a horse

82
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litter

A

multiple offspring born during the same labor

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