OTHER ANIMAL TERMS & SPECIFICATIONS Flashcards

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Domestic horned ungulate belonging to genus bubalus

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

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Buffalo

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Close relative of the horse

Also known as ass or burro (Equus asinus)

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Donkey

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3
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A male donkey/ass

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Jack or Jackass

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4
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A female donkey/ass

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Jennet or Jenny

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5
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Produced from crossing a jackass with a mare

Produced from MALE DONKEY and FEMALE HORSE

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Mule

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Produced from crossing a stallion with a jennet

Produced from MALE HORSE and FEMALE DONKEY

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Hinny

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A small-type horse

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Pony

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8
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The height of a pony

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Under 14.2 hands (57 inches)

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9
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Female mink

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Jill

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

A

Bullock

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

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Jackrabbit

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12
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Young male or female domestic MEAT-TYPE rabbit

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Fryer

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Young meat type of chicken (of either sex)

Also referred to as fryer or young chicken

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Broiler

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14
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Age range of broilers in weeks

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6-8 weeks

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15
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Typical weight of broilers

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1.3 to 2.2 kilograms

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16
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Meat-type of chicken of either sex (typically 3-5 months of age)

17
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Average live weight of a roaster

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2.95 kilograms

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Young immature pigeon (usually up to 30 days old)

This term also refers to pigeon meat

19
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Meat-type chicken usually smaller than a broiler, and sold whole body and never cut

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Squab Broiler

20
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Live weight of a squab broiler

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0.9 to 1.1 kilograms (2 to 2.5 pounds)

21
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Cockerel or type of poultry meat from surgically castrated MALE chicken

22
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Typical weight of a capon

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3.6 to 4.5 kilograms

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Young guinea fowl

24
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Big birds known for their red meat and skins (for leather)

Ostrich, emu, and rhea are classified under this

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Meat from ruminants with SPLIT HOOVES and slaughtered according to JEWISH practices and law
Kosher Meat
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Refers to the male parent
Sire
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Refers to the female parent
Dam
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Refers to the breeding process or mating in goats
Rutting
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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
Stocker
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Usually the breeding stallion (male horse) A term also referred to where male animals are maintained
Stud
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Usually male livestock mammals castrated after puberty
Stag
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Refers to young but sexually mature (7 months to 1 year) fighting cock
Stag
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Fat from pigs produced through a rendering process
Lard
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Fat of cattle, buffalo, or sheep
Tallow
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Female fox
Vixen
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To separate a young animal from its dam, and from suckling milk
Wean
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Tropical humped cattle breeds (Bos indicus) of Indian (S. Asia) origin
Zebu