Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

ANIMAL SCIENCE > CHAPTER 1 > Flashcards

CHAPTER 1 Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
Biology 101 flashcards
1
Q

Act of giving birth

A

PARTURATION

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

the act of giving birth in cows

A

CALVING

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

the act of giving birth in sows/PIG

A

FARROWING

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

the act of giving birth in broodmares/HORSE

A

FOALING

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

the act of giving birth in nanny/doe/GOAT

A

KIDDING

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

the act of giving birth in ewes/SHEEP

A

LAMBING

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

the act of giving birth in doe (rabbits)

A

KINDLING

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

the hatching process of eggs in poultry species

A

INCUBATION

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

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

A

CASTRATION

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Act of fertilization

A

CONCEPTION

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

act of mating

A

COPULATION

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

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

A

CULLING

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Female parent

A

DAM

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

The heat period or period of sexual receptivity of female
animals

A

ESTRUS

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

-the period from heat to the next level

A

ESTRUS CYCLE

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

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

A

FECUNDITY OR PROLIFICACY

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

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

A

FERTILIZATION

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Pregnancy time from conception to birth

A

GESTATION

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Pregnancy time from conception to birth

A

GESTATION

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Failure to copulate

A

IMPOTENCY

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

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

A

LACTATION

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

The ability to produce large number of offspring per
parturition

A

PROLIFICACY

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

a sire with sufficient unselected information to indicate its
transmitting ability

A

PROVEN SIRE

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

-Sexual maturity, as exhibited by first heat or ovulation

A

PUBERTY

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

Male parent

A

SIRE

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

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

A

SPAYING

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

-Inability to produce normal young

A

STERILITY

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

Young animal after separation from its dam

A

WEANLING

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

-The process of separating the young from its dam

A

WEANING

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

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

A

OX

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

Domesticated bovine animals

A

CATTLE

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

Male breeding ox of any age

A

BULL

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

Mature female ox, one that has given birth

A

COW

35
Q

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

A

HEIFER

36
Q

Male ox castrated before sexual maturity

A

STEER

37
Q

Male ox castrated after sexual maturity

A

STAG

38
Q

Young ox of either sex, under one year of age

A

CALF

39
Q

Young male calf under one year of age

A

BULL CALF

40
Q

Mature male carabao

A

CARABULL

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

A

CARACOW

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

A

STALLION

47
Q

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

A

MARE

48
Q

Young male horse usually up to 3 years old

A

COLT

49
Q

Young female horse usually up to 3 years old

A

FILLY

50
Q

Young horse of either sex below one year of age

A

FOAL

51
Q

Horse which was castrated while young

A

GELDING

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

A

RIDGLING

54
Q

Horsemanship, the art of riding on horseback

A

EQUITATION

55
Q

Male pig of any age

A

BOAR

56
Q

Mature female pig, one that has given birth

A

SOW

57
Q

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

A

GILT

58
Q

Young pig of either sex, weighing approximately 60 kg

A

SHOTE

59
Q

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

A

BARROW

60
Q

Male pig castrated after sexual maturity

A

STAG

61
Q

Young pigs from birth up to weaning

A

SUCKLING

62
Q

Group of pigs born in one farrowing

A

LITTER

63
Q

The number of young pigs born in one farrowing

A

LITTER SIZE

64
Q

Male sheep of any age for breeding purposes

A

RAM

65
Q

Female sheep of any age

A

EWE

66
Q

Young sheep of either sex below one year of age

A

LAMB

67
Q

Young sheep of either sex below one year of age

A

WETHER LAMB

68
Q

Yearling sheep with two teeth

A

SHEARLING

69
Q

Wool covering the sheep

A

FLEECE

70
Q

Male goat of any age

A

BILLY GOAT OR BUCK

71
Q

Wool and skin of a sheep

A

PELT

72
Q

Female goat of any age

A

DOE

73
Q

Young goat of either sex below one year of age

A

KID

74
Q

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

A

MEAT

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

A

BEEF

77
Q

Ox MEAT, less than 1 year old

A

VEAL

78
Q

Deer MEAT

A

VENISON

79
Q

Sheep MEAT, 1 year old and above

A

MUTTON

80
Q

Sheep MEAT, less than 1 year old

A

LAMB

81
Q

Goat MEAT

A

CHEVON

82
Q

A subdivision of a breed

A

VARIETY

83
Q

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

A

BREED

ANIMAL SCIENCE (2 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions