Industry Terms

Question 1

breeding method in which
semen is collected, stored, and deposited in the
uterus or vagina without copulation taking place;
abbreviated AI.

Answer 1

Artificial Insemination

Question 2

tool use to administer pills, boluses, or
magnets to livestock. Also called bolus gun.

Answer 2

balling gun

Question 3

hearth girth and barrel

Answer 3

body capacity

Question 4

animal that was not bred or did not
conceive.

Answer 4

barren

Question 5

group of animals that genetically similar in
colour and conformation so that when mated to each
other, they produce young identical to themselves;
also the act of breeding.

Answer 5

breed

Question 6

amount of time between the birth
of a calf and birth of the ne?

Answer 6

calving interval

Question 7

body of animal after it has been
slaughtered; usually has head, hide,

Answer 7

carcass

Question 8

restraint method using ropes to place an
animal in lateral recumbency.

Answer 8

casting

Question 9

more than one member of the genus Bos.

Answer 9

cattle

Question 10

mechanical device that is used to restrain
cattle.

Answer 10

chute

Question 11

common term for removal of a
retained placenta; also called cleansing a cow.

Answer 11

cleaning a cow

Question 12

remnants of steer scrotum

Answer 12

cod

Question 13

• first milk like substance produced by the
  female after parturition; it is thick, yellow, and high
  in protein and antibodies.

Answer 13

colostrum

Question 14

shape and body type of an animal.

Answer 14

conformation