EXERCISE 1 Flashcards
act of giving birth
parturition
act of giving birth in cows
calving
act of giving birth in sows
farrowing
act of giving birth in goats
kidding
act of giving birth in mares
foaling
act of giving birth in ewes
lambing
pregnancy time from conception to birth
gestation
act of fertilization
conception
female parent
dam
male parent
sire
ability to produce fertilizable ova and provide proper environment to initiate cell division and embryonic development; ability to produce sperm capable of fertilization
fertility
ability of give birth to offspring frequently or numerous young at frequent intervals
fecundity or prolificacy
inability to produce normal young
sterility
failure to copulate
impotency
sexual maturity; exhibited by first heat or ovulation
puberty
process of separating young from its dam
weaning
young animal after separation from its dam
weanling
ruminant member of bovine family, male used for draft purposes
ox
domesticated bovine animals
cattle
male breeding ox of any age
bull
mature female ox that has given birth
cow
young female ox under 3 years of age that has not yet given birth
heifer
male ox castrated before sexual maturity
steer
male ox castrated after sexual maturity
stag
young ox of either sex under 1 year of age
calf
young male calf under 1 year of age
bull calf
stag for draft purposes
bullock
young female carabao under 3 years of age that has not yet given birth
caraheifer
mature female carabao that has given birth
caracow
ability of an animal to pass in either good or bad traits to its progeny
transmitting ability
cattle scientific name
Bos taurus Linnaeus
water buffalo scientific name
Bubalus bubalis
bull that has sufficient unselected info to indicate his transmitting ability
proven sire
horse scientific name
Equus caballus / Equus equus Linnaeus
mature male horse
stallion
mature male horse used for breeding purposes
studhorse
mature female horse
mare
mature female horse used for breeding purposes
broodmare
young female horse up to 3 yrs old
filly
young male horse up to 3 yrs old
colt
young horse of either sex below 1 yr of age
foal
horse which is castrated while young
gelding
one that has not produced any young during breeding season
yield mare / dry mare
stallion with only 1 testis or none in its scrotum
ridgling