OTHER ANIMAL TERMS & SPECIFICATIONS

Question 1

Domestic horned ungulate belonging to genus bubalus

Also known as water _______, Asiatic _________, carabao, etc.

Answer 1

Buffalo

Question 2

Close relative of the horse

Also known as ass or burro (Equus asinus)

Answer 2

Donkey

Question 3

A male donkey/ass

Answer 3

Jack or Jackass

Question 4

A female donkey/ass

Answer 4

Jennet or Jenny

Question 5

Produced from crossing a jackass with a mare

Produced from MALE DONKEY and FEMALE HORSE

Answer 5

Mule

Question 6

Produced from crossing a stallion with a jennet

Produced from MALE HORSE and FEMALE DONKEY

Answer 6

Hinny

Question 7

A small-type horse

Answer 7

Pony

Question 8

The height of a pony

Answer 8

Under 14.2 hands (57 inches)

Question 9

Female mink

Answer 9

Jill

Question 10

A young bull (typically less than 20 months of age)

Answer 10

Bullock

Question 11

Native hare (genus lepus) wild relative of the domestic (Orytelagus)

Answer 11

Jackrabbit

Question 12

Young male or female domestic MEAT-TYPE rabbit

Answer 12

Fryer

Question 13

Young meat type of chicken (of either sex)

Also referred to as fryer or young chicken

Answer 13

Broiler

Question 14

Age range of broilers in weeks

Answer 14

6-8 weeks

Question 15

Typical weight of broilers

Answer 15

1.3 to 2.2 kilograms

Question 16

Meat-type of chicken of either sex (typically 3-5 months of age)

Answer 16

Roaster

Question 17

Average live weight of a roaster

Answer 17

2.95 kilograms

Question 18

Young immature pigeon (usually up to 30 days old)

This term also refers to pigeon meat

Answer 18

Squab

Question 19

Meat-type chicken usually smaller than a broiler, and sold whole body and never cut

Answer 19

Squab Broiler

Question 20

Live weight of a squab broiler

Answer 20

0.9 to 1.1 kilograms (2 to 2.5 pounds)

Question 21

Cockerel or type of poultry meat from surgically castrated MALE chicken

Answer 21

Capon

Question 22

Typical weight of a capon

Answer 22

3.6 to 4.5 kilograms

Question 23

Young guinea fowl

Answer 23

Keet

Question 24

Big birds known for their red meat and skins (for leather)

Ostrich, emu, and rhea are classified under this

Answer 24

Ratite

Question 25

Meat from ruminants with SPLIT HOOVES and slaughtered according to JEWISH practices and law

Answer 25

Kosher Meat

Question 26

Refers to the male parent

Answer 26

Sire

Question 27

Refers to the female parent

Answer 27

Dam

Question 28

Refers to the breeding process or mating in goats

Answer 28

Rutting

Question 29

Weaned cattle fed high-roughage diets before going to the feedlot

A term also used to describe light/thin feeders/mature cows purchased to utilize low-quality roughage

Note:
Roughage - fibrous indigestible material in vegetable foodstuffs

Answer 29

Stocker

Question 30

Usually the breeding stallion (male horse)

A term also referred to where male animals are maintained

Answer 30

Stud

Question 31

Usually male livestock mammals castrated after puberty

Answer 31

Stag

Question 32

Refers to young but sexually mature (7 months to 1 year) fighting cock

Answer 32

Stag

Question 33

Fat from pigs produced through a rendering process

Answer 33

Lard

Question 34

Fat of cattle, buffalo, or sheep

Answer 34

Tallow

Question 35

Female fox

Answer 35

Vixen

Question 36

To separate a young animal from its dam, and from suckling milk

Answer 36

Wean

Question 37

Tropical humped cattle breeds (Bos indicus) of Indian (S. Asia) origin

Answer 37

Zebu