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Chapter 1- Introduction Flashcards

1
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The combination of disciplines that together comprise the study of domestic animals

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Animal science

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2
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Pertaining to poultry and/or fowl

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Avian

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3
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A castrated male hog

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Barrow

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4
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An intact male hog

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Boar

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5
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A chicken of either sex produced and used for meat purposes

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Broiler

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6
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And intact male rabbit or goat

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Buck

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7
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A measurement of food energy

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Calorie

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8
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A young chicken or game bird of either sex

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Chick

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9
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A young male horse

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Colt

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10
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An animal to whom an owner has an intense emotional tie

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Companion animal

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11
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A female goat or rabbit

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Doe

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12
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Species that have been brought under human control and have adapted to life with humans

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Domestic animals

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13
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Pertaining to horses

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Equine

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14
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A female sheep

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Ewe

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15
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A young female horse

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Filly

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16
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A newborn horse of either sex

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Goal

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17
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A castrated male horse

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Gelding

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18
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Any female pig that has not yet given birth

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Gilt

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19
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A matured female chicken or turkey

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Hen

20
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The combined animal care and management practices

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Husbandry

21
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A sheep under 1 year of age

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Lamb

22
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A hen in the physiological state of producing eggs regularly

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Layer

23
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A mature female horse

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Mare

24
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The flesh of animals used for food

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Meat

25
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An animal kept for pleasure rather than utility

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Pet

26
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Per unit of population

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Per capita

27
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The meat from a hog

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Pork

28
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Domestic birds raised for eggs and meat

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Poultry

29
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A mature male chicken

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Rooster

30
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Female pigs that have given birth

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Sow

31
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A mature male horse that is intact

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Stallion

32
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A male turkey (gobbler)

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Tom

33
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Transplanting animal organs into humans

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Xeno-transplantation

34
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The meat from cattle other than calves

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Beef

35
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Refers to cattle

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Bovine

36
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Intact male bovine

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Bull

37
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A young bovine animal under 1 year of age

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Calf

38
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Refers to goats

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Caprine

39
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A sexually mature female bovine animal

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Cow

40
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Abbreviation for hundredweight

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CWT

41
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Young female bovine before having her first calf

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Heifer

42
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The difference cost per hundredweight of the feeder animal and the selling price per hundredweight of the slaughter animal

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Margin

43
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Meat from a sheep one year of age or older

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Mutton

44
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Refers to sheep

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Ovine

45
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Refers to swine

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Porcine

46
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Intact male sheep

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Ram

47
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A castrated male bovine animal

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Steer

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