names for farm animals Ch. 5 Flashcards
porcine
pig/swine
boar
intact male pic
sow
intact female pig
barrow
male pig castrated when young
stag
male pig castrated after maturity
gilt
young female pig that has not farrowed
pig/piglet
young pig; old term is shoat
farrowing
giving birth to pigs
herd
group of pigs
equine
horse donkey mule pony
stallion
intact male equine >4 years old
colt
intact male equine <4 years old
mare
intact female equine >4 years old
filly
intact female equine <4 years old
gelding
castrated male equine
ridgeling
cryptorchid equine (one or both testicles have not descended from the abdomen)
foal
young equine of either sex
weanling
young equine <1 year old that has been weaned from its mother
suckling
a still nursing foal
yearling
young equine between 1 and 2 years old; a short yearling is closer to 1 year old while a long yearling is closer to 2 years old.
foaling
giving birth to equine
herd
group of equine
band
group of horses consisting of one mature stallion, his breeding mares, and the immature male and female offspring of his mares
brood mare
breeding female equine
maiden mare
female equine never bred
barren mare
intact female horse that was not bred or did not conceive the previous season; also called open mare
wet mare
intact female horse that has foaled during the current breeding season
agalactic mare
inrtact female horse not producing milk
pony
equine between 8.2 and 14.2 hands when mature (not a young horse)
jack/jackass
intact male donkey
jenny
intact female donkey
ovine
sheep
ram
intact male sheep
ewe
intact female sheep
wether
castrated male sheep
lamb
young sheep
hothouse lamb
young sheep less than 3 months of age
spring lamb
young sheep 3-7 months of age
yearling
sheep 1-2 years of age (used when marketing sheep)
lambing
giving birth to sheep
flock
group of sheep
caprine
goat
buck
intact male goat
doe
intact female goat
wether
castrated male goat
kid
young goat
kidding
giving birth to goats
freshening
giving birth to dairy animals; also called freshen
herd
group of goats
camelid
llama, alpaca, guanaco, vicuna
bull
intact male llama; also called a stallion
cow
intact female llama
gelding
castrated male llama
cria
young llama
bovine
cattle
bull
intact male bovine
jumper bujll
intact male bovine that has just reached maturity and is used for breeding
cow
intact female bovine that has given birth
steer
male bovine castrated when young
stag
male bovine castrated after maturity
heifer
young female bovine that has not given birth
calf
young bovine
calving
giving birth to cattle
freshening
giving birth to dairy animals
herd
group of cattle
springing heifer
young female pregnant with her first calf; also called first calf heifer.
freemartin
sexually imperfect usually sterile female calf born as twin with a male calf
gomer bull
bull used to detect female bovines in heat; bull may have nbenis surgically deviated to the side, may be treated with androgens, or may be vasectomized so as not to impregnate female; also called teaser bull
cervidae
deer, elk, moose, caribou
buck
intact male deer
bull
intact male elk, moose, caribou
doe
intact female deer
cow
intact female elk, moose, caribou
fawn
young deer
heifer
young female elk, moose, caribou
herd
group of cervidae.