Chapter 1- Introduction

Question 1

The combination of disciplines that together comprise the study of domestic animals

Answer 1

Animal science

Question 2

Pertaining to poultry and/or fowl

Answer 2

Avian

Question 3

A castrated male hog

Answer 3

Barrow

Question 4

An intact male hog

Answer 4

Boar

Question 5

A chicken of either sex produced and used for meat purposes

Answer 5

Broiler

Question 6

And intact male rabbit or goat

Answer 6

Buck

Question 7

A measurement of food energy

Answer 7

Calorie

Question 8

A young chicken or game bird of either sex

Answer 8

Chick

Question 9

A young male horse

Answer 9

Colt

Question 10

An animal to whom an owner has an intense emotional tie

Answer 10

Companion animal

Question 11

A female goat or rabbit

Answer 11

Doe

Question 12

Species that have been brought under human control and have adapted to life with humans

Answer 12

Domestic animals

Question 13

Pertaining to horses

Answer 13

Equine

Question 14

A female sheep

Answer 14

Ewe

Question 15

A young female horse

Answer 15

Filly

Question 16

A newborn horse of either sex

Answer 16

Goal

Question 17

A castrated male horse

Answer 17

Gelding

Question 18

Any female pig that has not yet given birth

Answer 18

Gilt

Question 19

A matured female chicken or turkey

Answer 19

Hen

Question 20

The combined animal care and management practices

Answer 20

Husbandry

Question 21

A sheep under 1 year of age

Answer 21

Lamb

Question 22

A hen in the physiological state of producing eggs regularly

Answer 22

Layer

Question 23

A mature female horse

Answer 23

Mare

Question 24

The flesh of animals used for food

Answer 24

Meat

Question 25

An animal kept for pleasure rather than utility

Answer 25

Pet

Question 26

Per unit of population

Answer 26

Per capita

Question 27

The meat from a hog

Answer 27

Pork

Question 28

Domestic birds raised for eggs and meat

Answer 28

Poultry

Question 29

A mature male chicken

Answer 29

Rooster

Question 30

Female pigs that have given birth

Answer 30

Sow

Question 31

A mature male horse that is intact

Answer 31

Stallion

Question 32

A male turkey (gobbler)

Answer 32

Tom

Question 33

Transplanting animal organs into humans

Answer 33

Xeno-transplantation

Question 34

The meat from cattle other than calves

Answer 34

Beef

Question 35

Refers to cattle

Answer 35

Bovine

Question 36

Intact male bovine

Answer 36

Bull

Question 37

A young bovine animal under 1 year of age

Answer 37

Calf

Question 38

Refers to goats

Answer 38

Caprine

Question 39

A sexually mature female bovine animal

Answer 39

Cow

Question 40

Abbreviation for hundredweight

Answer 40

CWT

Question 41

Young female bovine before having her first calf

Answer 41

Heifer

Question 42

The difference cost per hundredweight of the feeder animal and the selling price per hundredweight of the slaughter animal

Answer 42

Margin

Question 43

Meat from a sheep one year of age or older

Answer 43

Mutton

Question 44

Refers to sheep

Answer 44

Ovine

Question 45

Refers to swine

Answer 45

Porcine

Question 46

Intact male sheep

Answer 46

Ram

Question 47

A castrated male bovine animal

Answer 47

Steer