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