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What does the term “Bovine” refer to?

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Cattle

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What does the term “Canine” refer to?

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A dog

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What does the term “Caprine” refer to?

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A goat

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What does the term “Equine” refer to?

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A horse

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What does the term “Feline” refer to?

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A cat

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What does the term “Ovine” refer to?

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Sheep

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What does the term “Porcine” refer to?

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A pig/Swine

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What is Beef?

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The meat that comes from cattle

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What is a bull?

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An intact, sexually mature male bovine

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What is a calf?

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A young bovine of either sex

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If a bovine is “calving” she is…

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…Giving birth

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What is a cow?

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A female bovine that has produced a calf

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What is a cow-calf operation?

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A management unit that maintains a breeding herd of cows and produces weaned calves

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If an animal is “crossbred” that means they are?…

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…A product of crossing two or more breeds.

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What does the term “fat cattle” refer to?

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Cattle that have been on feed and are ready for slaughter

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What are “feeder cattle”?

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Cattle that are placed in a feed lot for finishing

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What is a feedlot?

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A management unit where cattle are fed in confinement and grown to slaughter weight

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What does the term ‘Freshen” refer to?

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It is the dairy cow equivalent to “Calving”

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What is a heifer?

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A female bovine that has not produced a calf

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What is a heiferette?

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A female bovine that has calved once, dried up, and is then fed for slaughter

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What is a herd?

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A group of cattle

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What does it mean if an animal is “purebred”?

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It is eligible for registry with a recognized breed association

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What is a steer?

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A castrated male bovine

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What is a stocker?

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Weaned cattle that are fed high-roughage diets (including grazing) prior to feedlot entry

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What is a yearling?
A bovine of either sex that is around one year of age
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What is a billy?
An intact, sexually mature male goat
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What is a buck?
An intact, sexually mature male sheep
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What is chevon?
The meat from a goat
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What is a doe?
A sexually mature female goat
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What is a Ewe?
A sexually mature female sheep
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What is fleece?
The wool shorn from a sheep
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What is a flock?
A group of sheep or goats
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What is a kid?
A young goat of either sex
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What does "kidding" mean?
The act of birthing a goat
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What is a lamb?
A young sheep
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What is lamb?
The meat from a sheep under one year of age
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What is "lambing"?
The act of birthing a sheep
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What is Mohair?
The fiber of an Angora goat
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What is mutton?
The meat from sheep over one year of age
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What is a nanny?
A sexually mature female goat
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What does the term "Prolificacy" mean?
The ability to produce multiple offspring
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What is a ram?
An intact, sexually mature male sheep
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What is a wether?
A castrated male sheep/goat
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What is a Barrow?
A castrated male swine
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What is a boar?
An intact, sexually mature male pig; young males are called boar pigs
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What is an Ear Notch?
A permanent method of identification in which a small notch of skin is removed from the ear(s). The litter number is placed in the right ear and the individual pig number is placed in the left
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Farrow to finish
A management unit that maintains a breeding herd where piglets are born then fed to harvest weight on the same farm
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What is farrowing?
The act of birthing a pig
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What is a feeder pig?
Weened pig that is ready to be fed to slaughter weight
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What is a gilt?
A young female pig that has not produced offspring
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What is a hog?
A pig. The term is interchangeable.
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What are needle teeth?
A set of 8 very sharp teeth that are clipped around 1-3 days of age to prevent injury to other piglets and the sow
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What is a piglet?
A young pig of either sex
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What is pork?
General term for the meat from a pig
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What is a sow?
A mature female pig that has produced offspring
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What is a broodmare?
A female horse used for breeding purposes
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What is a colt?
A young, immature male horse/donkey
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What is a filly?
A young, immature female horse
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What is a foal?
A young horse or donkey of either sex
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What is a gelding?
A castrated male horse/donkey
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What is "Foaling?"
The act of birthing a horse/donkey
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What is a Hinny?
The offspring of a Jenny and Stallion
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What is a Jack/Jackass?
An intact, sexually mature male donkey
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What is a Jenny/Jennette?
A female donkey
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What is a mare?
A sexually mature female horse who has foaled or any female equine four years of age or older
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What is a mule?
The offspring of a mare and jack
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What is a stallion?
a sexually mature male horse
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What is a stud?
A sexually mature male horse
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What is a broiler?
A young chicken of either sex grown for meat
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What is a capon?
A castrated male chicken. Castration usually occurs between 3 and 4 weeks of age
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What is a chick?
A young chicken of either sex
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What is a cock?
A sexually mature male chicken
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What is a cockerel?
A young male chicken
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What is a flock?
A group of turkeys/chickens
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What is a hen?
A sexually mature female chicken
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What is a layer?
A hen kept for egg production
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What does the term "Oviposition" mean?
The egg laying process
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What is a poult?
A young Turkey of either sex
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What is a pullet?
An immature female turkey
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What is a rooster?
A sexually mature male chicken
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What is a "spent hen"?
A hen that has completed her laying cycle and is ready for market as a stewing hen
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What is a tom? (poultry)
A mature male turkey
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What is a bitch?
A female dog
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What is a dog?
A male dog (intact or castrated)
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What is a gib?
A castrated male cat
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What is a kitten?
A young cat of either sex
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What is a puppy?
A young dog of either sex
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What is a queen?
An unswayed female cat
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What is "queening"?
The act of birthing a cat
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What does "A.I." stand for?
Artificial insemination
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What does "Ad libitum" mean?
Allowing an animal access to unlimited feed and water
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What does "breed" mean?
Animals having a common origin and characteristics that distinguish them from other members of their species; the act of mating
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What does "Cull" mean?
To eliminate from the breeding population
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What is a Dam?
The female parent
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What does it mean to be "dry"?
It means a female is not lactating
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What does the term "Dystocia" mean?
Difficulty giving birth
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What does the term "Estrous" mean?
An adjective meaning "heat" which modifies such words as "cycle". The estrous cycle is the heat cycles, or time from one heat to the next
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Estrus
The period of mating activity in the female; standing heat; the period when the female is receptive to mating
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Estrus synchronization
Controlling the estrous cycle so that a high percentage of the females in the herd express estrus or ovulation at the same time
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What is "fill"?
The contents of the digestive track
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Gestation period
The term/length of pregnancy
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What is a sire?
The male parent
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What does it mean to "wean"?
The removal of young from the dam (mother)
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What is a wet female?
A female that is lactating

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