Chapter 1- Introduction Flashcards
The combination of disciplines that together comprise the study of domestic animals
Animal science
Pertaining to poultry and/or fowl
Avian
A castrated male hog
Barrow
An intact male hog
Boar
A chicken of either sex produced and used for meat purposes
Broiler
And intact male rabbit or goat
Buck
A measurement of food energy
Calorie
A young chicken or game bird of either sex
Chick
A young male horse
Colt
An animal to whom an owner has an intense emotional tie
Companion animal
A female goat or rabbit
Doe
Species that have been brought under human control and have adapted to life with humans
Domestic animals
Pertaining to horses
Equine
A female sheep
Ewe
A young female horse
Filly
A newborn horse of either sex
Goal
A castrated male horse
Gelding
Any female pig that has not yet given birth
Gilt
A matured female chicken or turkey
Hen
The combined animal care and management practices
Husbandry
A sheep under 1 year of age
Lamb
A hen in the physiological state of producing eggs regularly
Layer
A mature female horse
Mare
The flesh of animals used for food
Meat
An animal kept for pleasure rather than utility
Pet
Per unit of population
Per capita
The meat from a hog
Pork
Domestic birds raised for eggs and meat
Poultry
A mature male chicken
Rooster
Female pigs that have given birth
Sow
A mature male horse that is intact
Stallion
A male turkey (gobbler)
Tom
Transplanting animal organs into humans
Xeno-transplantation
The meat from cattle other than calves
Beef
Refers to cattle
Bovine
Intact male bovine
Bull
A young bovine animal under 1 year of age
Calf
Refers to goats
Caprine
A sexually mature female bovine animal
Cow
Abbreviation for hundredweight
CWT
Young female bovine before having her first calf
Heifer
The difference cost per hundredweight of the feeder animal and the selling price per hundredweight of the slaughter animal
Margin
Meat from a sheep one year of age or older
Mutton
Refers to sheep
Ovine
Refers to swine
Porcine
Intact male sheep
Ram
A castrated male bovine animal
Steer
