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Agricultural Terminology (Sheep & Cattle) Flashcards

1
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What is a Calf?

A

Birth to weaning

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2
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What is a Weaned/speaned Calf?

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Calf not on milk

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What is a heifer?

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Female cow to first lactation (a cow that hasn’t given birth yet)

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4
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What is a Maiden Heifer?

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A breeding heifer which has not been served or inseminated yet

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5
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What is a bulling heifer?

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A heifer of breeding age (15+ months)

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6
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What is an In-calf heifer?

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A heifer that is confirmed pregnant

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What is a bullock/steer?

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A castrated male (cattle)

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What is a stirk?

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A bull or cow from weaning to 1 year (to 2 years)

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9
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What is store cattle?

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Young cattle being fed for growth prior to fattening and slaughter

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10
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What are fattening/finishing cattle?

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Cattle being fattened for slaughter- usually beef breed or beef cross

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What is a bull?

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An entire male (cattle)

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What is a beef cow/ suckler cow?

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A beef or cross breed cow whose progeny is being reared for slaughter

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What is a dairy cow?

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A cow who is kept for milk production

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What is a cull cow?

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A cow that is sold out of the heard the end of productive life

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What is a lamb?

A

sheep from birth to weaning

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16
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What is a hogg?

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sheep from weaning (1st autumn) to shearing (around 14 months) (can be either sex or neuter

17
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What is a gimmer?

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a female sheep from 1st shearing to weaning of 1st lamb crop

18
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What is a Shearling?

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A sheep that is from 1 to 2 years old and either sex (varies from region to region)

19
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What is a Tup/ Ram?

A

an entire adult male sheep

20
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What is a Wether or Wedder?

A

a castrated male sheep

21
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What is a teaser?

A

a vasectomized tup used to induce and synchronize estrus in female sheep

22
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What is a cast/ draft ewe?

A

ewes sold on for further breeding in a less stressful environment. May have faults such as a broken mouths, but are considered to have one more breeding season left

23
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What is a cull ewe?

A

a ewe sold for slaughter at the end of her breeding life

24
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What is Dagging?

A

the removal of wool contaminated with feces from the rear end of a sheep. Can be done with hand shears or electric ones.

25
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What is a bobby calf?

A

surplus bull calf from dairy heard

26
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What is a pail-fed calf?

A

reared artificially with milk or milk substitute

27
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What is a suckled calf?

A

calf reared on a cow

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