EXERCISE 1 Flashcards
1
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act of giving birth
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parturition
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act of giving birth in cows
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calving
3
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act of giving birth in sows
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farrowing
4
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act of giving birth in goats
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kidding
5
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act of giving birth in mares
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foaling
6
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act of giving birth in ewes
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lambing
7
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pregnancy time from conception to birth
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gestation
8
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act of fertilization
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conception
9
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female parent
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dam
10
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male parent
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sire
11
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ability to produce fertilizable ova and provide proper environment to initiate cell division and embryonic development; ability to produce sperm capable of fertilization
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fertility
12
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ability of give birth to offspring frequently or numerous young at frequent intervals
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fecundity or prolificacy
13
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inability to produce normal young
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sterility
14
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failure to copulate
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impotency
15
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sexual maturity; exhibited by first heat or ovulation
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puberty
16
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process of separating young from its dam
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weaning
17
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young animal after separation from its dam
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weanling
18
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ruminant member of bovine family, male used for draft purposes
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ox
19
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domesticated bovine animals
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cattle
20
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male breeding ox of any age
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bull
21
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mature female ox that has given birth
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cow
22
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young female ox under 3 years of age that has not yet given birth
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heifer
23
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male ox castrated before sexual maturity
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steer
24
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male ox castrated after sexual maturity
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stag
25
young ox of either sex under 1 year of age
calf
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young male calf under 1 year of age
bull calf
27
stag for draft purposes
bullock
28
young female carabao under 3 years of age that has not yet given birth
caraheifer
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mature female carabao that has given birth
caracow
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ability of an animal to pass in either good or bad traits to its progeny
transmitting ability
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cattle scientific name
Bos taurus Linnaeus
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water buffalo scientific name
Bubalus bubalis
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bull that has sufficient unselected info to indicate his transmitting ability
proven sire
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horse scientific name
Equus caballus / Equus equus Linnaeus
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mature male horse
stallion
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mature male horse used for breeding purposes
studhorse
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mature female horse
mare
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mature female horse used for breeding purposes
broodmare
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young female horse up to 3 yrs old
filly
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young male horse up to 3 yrs old
colt
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young horse of either sex below 1 yr of age
foal
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horse which is castrated while young
gelding
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one that has not produced any young during breeding season
yield mare / dry mare
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stallion with only 1 testis or none in its scrotum
ridgling
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horsemanship; art of riding on horseback
equitition
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swine / pig scientific name
Sus scrofa domesticus Erxleben
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male pig of any age
boar
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mature female pig that has given birth
sow
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young female pig under 1 yr of age that hos not yet given birth
gilt
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young pig of either sex that weighs approx. 60kg
shote
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male pig castrated while young / castrated before secondary sex characters have developed
barrow
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male pig castrated after sexual maturity
stag
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young pigs separated from sow, abt 5 wks old
weanling
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young pigs from birth to weaning
suckling
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group of pigs born in one farrowing
litter
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number of young pigs born in one farrowing
litter size
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sheep scientific name
Ovis aries
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Goat scientific name
Capra hircus Linnaeus
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male sheep of any age for breeding purposes
ram
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female sheep of any age
ewe
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young sheep of either sex below 1 year of age
lamb
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male sheep castrated while young (pref. between 1 to 3 weeks of age)
wether
63
yearling sheep with 2 teeth
shearling
64
wool covering sheep
fleece
65
male goat of any age
billy goat / buck
66
wool and skin of sheep
pelt
67
female goat of any age
doe
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young goat of either sex below 1 yr of age
kid
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male goat castrated before secondary sex characters have developed
wether goat
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(meat) cattle, 1 yr old and above
beef
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(meat) cattle, less than 1 yr old
veal
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(meat) pig
pork
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(meat) dear
venison
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(meat) sheep, 1 yr old and above
mutton
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(meat) goat
chevon
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(meat) horse
horsemeat
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(meat) carabao
carabeef; caraveal
78
(meat) game animals (wild hunted)
game meat
79
properly dressed flesh derived from mature animals in good condition at time of slaughter
meat
80
from fasting through stunning, bleeding up to skinning and evisceration
slaughtering
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from splitting and quartering, to cutting the carcass into the retail cuts
butchering
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collective term for all domestic birds rendering economic service to man; can refer also to dressed carcass into retail cuts
poultry
83
chicken scientific name
Gallus gallus domesticus
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duck (mallard) scie name
Anas platyrhynchos
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duck (muscovy) scie name
Cairina moschata
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turkey scie name
Meleagris gallopavo
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pigeon scie name
Columba livia
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quail scie name
Coturnix coturnix
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geese scie name
Anser anser; Anser cygnoides
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young chicken while in down stage
chick
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male fowl 1 yr old and above
rooster
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male fowl less than 1 yr old
cockerel
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caponized male chicken, undeveloped comb and wattles
capon
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female fowl less than 1 yr old
pullet
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male duck
drake
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female duck
duck
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young duck in down stage
duckling
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feathers of a fowl
plumage
99
young of domestic turkey, applied until sex can be distinguished
poult
100
branch of science that deals with form and structure
anatomy
101
deals with function and integrated behavior
physiology
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(term in anatomy) toward the head
cranial
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(term in anatomy) toward the tail
caudal
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(term in anatomy) toward or beyond backbone
dorsal
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(term in anatomy) away from backbone or toward abdomen
ventral
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Kingdom, Phylum, and Class of Mammals
Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia
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Kingdom, Phylum, and Class of Birds
Animalia, Chordata, Aves
108
water buffalo scie name
Bubalus bubalis
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cattle (european, temperate) scie name
Bos taurus taurus
110
cattle (zebu, tropical) scie name
Bos taurus indicus
111
goat scie name
Capra hircus
112
rabbit scie name (domestic rabbit)
Oryctolagus cuniculus
