Animal Termonology Quiz

Question 0

Colostrum

Answer 0

First milk

Question 1

Castration

Answer 1

Removing the testicles of the male to prevent breeding

Question 2

Gestation

Answer 2

Time an animal is pregnant

Question 3

Etrus

Answer 3

When a female is receptive to be bred

Question 4

Lactation

Answer 4

Period of time that milk is secreted by the mammary glands

Question 5

Parturition

Answer 5

The act of giving birth

Question 6

Wild animal

Answer 6

Not genetically altered by selective breeding.

Question 7

Exotic Animal

Answer 7

Wild animal not native to country.

Question 8

Feral animal

Answer 8

A domestic animal that lives in the wild with no human assistance.

Question 9

Breed

Answer 9

A population of domestic animals, that the individual may vary in genotype and phenotype.

Question 10

Pure breeding

Answer 10

Registered male and female animals

Question 11

Cross breeding

Answer 11

Mating a male and female of different breeds

Question 12

Inbreeding

Answer 12

Mating closely related animals

Question 13

Line breeding

Answer 13

Breeding more distant relatives than inbreeding

Question 14

Grading up

Answer 14

Mating purebred male (sires) to unregistered or crossbred females (dams)

Question 15

Hybrid vigor

Answer 15

Superior traits from crossbreeding

Offspring are better than parents