Common Animal Husbandry Terms

Question 1

• the act of giving birth

Answer 1

Parturition

Question 2

– act of giving birth in cows

Answer 2

Calving

Question 3

– act of giving birth in sows

Answer 3

Farrowing

Question 4

– act of giving birth in goats

Answer 4

Kidding

Question 5

– act of giving birth in mares

Answer 5

Foaling

Question 6

– act of giving birth in ewes

Answer 6

Lambing

Question 7

pregnancy time from conception to birth.

Answer 7

Gestation

Question 8

act of fertilization

Answer 8

Conception

Question 9

female and male parent, respectively.

Answer 9

dam and sire

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Fertility

Question 11

inability to produce a normal young

Answer 11

Sterility

Question 12

failure to copulate or intercourse

Answer 12

impotency

Question 13

sexual maturity, as exhibited by first heat or ovulation

Answer 13

Puberty

Question 14

the process of separating a young from its dam; young animal, after separation is called?

Answer 14

Weaning; Weanling