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1
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Act of giving birth

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PARTURATION

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2
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the act of giving birth in cows

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CALVING

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3
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the act of giving birth in sows/PIG

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FARROWING

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4
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the act of giving birth in broodmares/HORSE

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FOALING

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5
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the act of giving birth in nanny/doe/GOAT

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KIDDING

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6
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the act of giving birth in ewes/SHEEP

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LAMBING

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7
Q

the act of giving birth in doe (rabbits)

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KINDLING

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8
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the hatching process of eggs in poultry species

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INCUBATION

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9
Q

the process of rendering the male animal sterile by surgical
removal of its testes

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CASTRATION

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10
Q

Act of fertilization

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CONCEPTION

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11
Q

act of mating

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COPULATION

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12
Q

-the process of eliminating or removing undesirable animals
from the herd

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CULLING

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13
Q

Female parent

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DAM

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14
Q

The heat period or period of sexual receptivity of female
animals

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ESTRUS

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15
Q

-the period from heat to the next level

A

ESTRUS CYCLE

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16
Q

Ability to give birth to offspring frequently or numerous young
at frequent intervals

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FECUNDITY OR PROLIFICACY

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17
Q

Ability to produce fertilizable ova and to provide proper
environment for the initiating cell division and embryonic
development.
-Ability to produce large number of sperm capable for
fertilization.

A

FERTILITY

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18
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The union of sperm and egg cell or ovum to produce a zygote

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FERTILIZATION

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19
Q

Pregnancy time from conception to birth

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GESTATION

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20
Q

Pregnancy time from conception to birth

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GESTATION

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21
Q

Failure to copulate

A

IMPOTENCY

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22
Q

the period during which the female produces milk after she
delivers her young

A

LACTATION

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23
Q

The ability to produce large number of offspring per
parturition

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PROLIFICACY

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24
Q

a sire with sufficient unselected information to indicate its
transmitting ability

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PROVEN SIRE

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25
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-Sexual maturity, as exhibited by first heat or ovulation

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PUBERTY

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26
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Male parent

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SIRE

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27
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the process of removing the female’s ovary to render it sterile

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SPAYING

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28
Q

-Inability to produce normal young

A

STERILITY

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29
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Young animal after separation from its dam

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WEANLING

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30
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-The process of separating the young from its dam

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WEANING

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31
Q

Ruminant member of the bovine family or sometimes the male
used for
draft purposes

A

OX

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32
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Domesticated bovine animals

A

CATTLE

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33
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Male breeding ox of any age

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BULL

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34
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Mature female ox, one that has given birth

35
Q

Young female ox under 3 years of age, usually one that has not
yet given birth

36
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Male ox castrated before sexual maturity

37
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Male ox castrated after sexual maturity

38
Q

Young ox of either sex, under one year of age

39
Q

Young male calf under one year of age

40
Q

Mature male carabao

41
Q

Young female carabao under three years of age usually one that
has not yet given birth

A

CARAHEIFER

42
Q

Young female carabao under three years of age usually one that
has not yet given birth

A

CARAHEIFER

43
Q

Mature female carabao, one that has given birth

44
Q

The ability of an animal to pass on either good or bad traits to its
progeny

A

TRANSMITTING ABILITY

45
Q

-Bull about whom one have sufficient unselected information to
indicate his transmitting ability

A

PROVEN SIRE

46
Q

Mature male horse; if the stallion is used for breeding purposes,
the term studhorse is preferred

47
Q

Mature female horse, broodmare is the term for the female horse
used for breeding purposes

48
Q

Young male horse usually up to 3 years old

49
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Young female horse usually up to 3 years old

50
Q

Young horse of either sex below one year of age

51
Q

Horse which was castrated while young

52
Q

One which has not produced any young during the breeding
season

A

YEALD MARE OR DRY MARE

53
Q

Stallion with only one testis or none in its scrotum

54
Q

Horsemanship, the art of riding on horseback

A

EQUITATION

55
Q

Male pig of any age

56
Q

Mature female pig, one that has given birth

57
Q

Young female pig under one year of age, usually one that has
not yet given birth

58
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Young pig of either sex, weighing approximately 60 kg

59
Q

Male pig which was castrated while young; or a pig that was
castrated before the secondary sex characters have developed.

60
Q

Male pig castrated after sexual maturity

61
Q

Young pigs from birth up to weaning

62
Q

Group of pigs born in one farrowing

63
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The number of young pigs born in one farrowing

A

LITTER SIZE

64
Q

Male sheep of any age for breeding purposes

65
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Female sheep of any age

66
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Young sheep of either sex below one year of age

67
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Young sheep of either sex below one year of age

A

WETHER LAMB

68
Q

Yearling sheep with two teeth

69
Q

Wool covering the sheep

70
Q

Male goat of any age

A

BILLY GOAT OR BUCK

71
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Wool and skin of a sheep

72
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Female goat of any age

73
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Young goat of either sex below one year of age

74
Q

Properly dressed flesh derived from mature animals in good
condition at the time of slaughter

75
Q

From fasting through stunning, bleeding up to (flaying, scalding,
scraping, defeathering or dressing)
and evisceration

A

SLAUGHTERING

76
Q

Ox MEAL, 1 year old and above

77
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Ox MEAT, less than 1 year old

78
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Deer MEAT

79
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Sheep MEAT, 1 year old and above

80
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Sheep MEAT, less than 1 year old

81
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Goat MEAT

82
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A subdivision of a breed

83
Q

A race of domestic fowls which maintains distinctive characteristics
of shape, growth, temperament and shell color of eggs produced

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