Terms Flashcards
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What do you call a group of cattle?
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Herd
2
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What do you call a group of buffalo?
A
Herd
3
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What do you call a group of sheep?
A
Flock
4
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What do you call a group of goats?
A
Band or Flock
5
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What do you call a group of poultry?
A
Flock
6
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What do you call a group of horses?
A
Herd
7
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What do you call a group of swine?
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Drove/Stock or Herd
8
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What do you call an adult male cattle?
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Bull
9
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What do you call an adult male buffalo?
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Carabull
10
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What do you call an adult make sheep?
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Ram/Tup
11
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What do you call an adult male goat?
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Buck
12
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What do you call an adult male poultry?
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Rooster/Cock
13
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What do you call an adult male swine?
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Boar
14
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What do you call an adult male horse?
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Studhorse/Stallion
15
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What do you call an adult female cattle?
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Cow
16
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What do you call an adult female buffalo?
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Caracow
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What do you call an adult female sheep?
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Ewe
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What do you call an adult female goat?
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Doe
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What do you call an adult female swine?
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Sow
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What do you call an adult female poultry?
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Hen
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What do you call an adult female poultry?
A
Hen
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What do you call an adult female horse?
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Mare
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What do you call a young male cattle?
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Bull calf
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What do you call a young female buffalo?
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Carabull calf
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What do you call a young male sheep?
Ram lamb / Tup lamb
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What do you call a young male goat?
Buckling
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What do you call a young male swine?
Boarling
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What do you call a young male swine?
Boarling
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What do you call a young male poultry?
Cockerel
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What do you call a young male horse?
Colt
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What do you call a young female cattle
Heifer calf
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What do you call a young female sheep?
Ewe lamb
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What do you call a young female goat?
Doeling
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What do you call a young female goat?
Doeling
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What do you call a young female swine?
Gilt
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What do you call a young female poultry?
Pullet
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What do you call a young female horse?
Filly
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What do you call a newborn cattle regardless of sex?
Calf
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What do you call a newborn buffalo regardless of sex?
Caracalf
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What do you call a newborn sheep regardless of sex?
Kid lamb
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What do you call a newborn goat regardless of sex?
Kid
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What do you call a newborn swine regardless of sex?
Piglet / Shote
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What do you call a newborn poultry regardless of sex?
Chick
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What do you call a newborn horse regardless of sex?
Foal
45
What do you call a castrated male cattle?
Steer / Bullock
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What do you call a castrated male buffalo?
Cara steer / Bullock
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What do you call a castrated male goat?
Wether
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What do you call a castrated male goat?
Wether
49
What do you call a castrated male swine?
Barrow
50
What do you call a castrated male poultry?
Capon
51
What do you call a castrated male horse?
Gelding
52
What do you call cattle meat?
Beef
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What do you call buffalo meat
Carabeef
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What do you call sheep meat?
Mutton
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What do you call goat meat?
Chevon
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What do you call swine meat?
Pork
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What do you call poultry meat?
Poultry
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What do you call horse meat?
Horse
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What do you call the breeding of cattle?
Serving
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What do you call the breeding of buffalo?
Serving
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What do you call the breeding of sheep?
Tupping
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What do you call the breeding of goat
Serving
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What do you call the breeding of swine?
Coupling
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What do you call the breeding of poultry?
Copulating
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What do you call the breeding of horse?
Covering
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What do you call the parturition of cattle?
Calving
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What do you call the parturition of buffalo?
Calving
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What do you call the parturition of sheep?
Lambing
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What do you call the parturition of sheep?
Lambing
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What do you call the parturition of goat?
Kidding
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What do you call the parturition of swine?
Farrowing
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What do you call the parturition of poultry?
Hatching
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What do you call the parturition of horse?
Foaling
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What do you call the offspring of cattle with mother?
Calf at foot
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What do you call the offspring of buffalo with mother?
Calf at foot
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What do you call the offspring of sheep with its mother?
Suckling
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What do you call the offspring of goat with its mother?
Suckling
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What do you call the offspring of swine with its mother?
Suckling
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What do you call the offspring of poultry with its mother?
Clutch brood
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What is the age of puberty of female cattle?
8-10 months
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What is the age of puberty of female buffalo?
24-36 months
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What is the age of puberty of female sheep?
5-7 months
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What is the age of puberty of female goats?
7-10 months
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What is the age of puberty of female swine?
4-7 months
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What is the age of puberty of female poultry?
4-6 months
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What is the age of puberty of female horse?
15-24 months
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How long is the estrous cycle of cattle?
21 days
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How long is the estrous cycle of buffalo?
21 days
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How many days long is the estrous cycle of sheep?
16 days
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How many days long is the estrous cycle of goat?
20 days
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How many days long long is the estrous cycle of swine?
20 days
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How long is the estrous cycle of horse?
22 days
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How many hours long is the estrous length of cattle?
12-18 hours
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How many hours long is the estrous length of buffalo?
18-24 hours
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How long is the estrous length of sheep?
24-36 hours
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How long is the estrous length of goats?
34-38 hours
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How long was the estrous length of swine?
48-72 hours
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How long is the estrous length of horse?
4-8 days
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What is the time of ovulation of cattle?
10-15 hours after end of heat
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What is the time of ovulation of buffalo?
3-4th day of estrus
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Time of ovulation of sheep?
Late estrus
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Time of ovulation of goats?
Late evening 18-26 after start of heat
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Time of ovulation of swine?
Mid-estrus 30 hours after start of estrus
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Time of ovulation of poultry?
30 minutes after laying
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Time of ovulation of horse?
1-2 days before estrus
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Days of gestation of cattle?
283 days
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Days of gestation of buffalo?
324 days
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Days of gestation of sheep?
148 days
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Days of gestation of goat?
150 days
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Days of gestation of swine?
114 days
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Days of gestation of horse?
346 days
112
Offspring per parturition of cattle?
1
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Number of Offspring of parturition of sheep?
1-2
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Offspring of parturition of swine?
2 days
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Offspring per parturition of swine?
8-10
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Offspring per parturition of horse?
1
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How many mammary glands does cattle have?
4
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How many mammary glands does buffalo have?
4
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How many mammary glands does sheep have?
2
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Have many mammary glands does goat have?
2
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How many mammary glands does swine have?
4-9 pairs
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How many mammary glands does a horse have?
2
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What is the volume ejaculate of cattle?
5-7 cc
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What is the volume ejaculate of sheep?
0.75-1.5 cc
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What is the volume ejaculate of goat?
1.0cc
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What is the volume ejaculate of swine?
200-300cc
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What is the volume ejaculate of horse?
75-150cc
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How much sperm does cattle produce?
1.2 billion cc
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How much sperm does sheep produce?
2.0 billion cc
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How much sperm does goat produce?
2.0 billion cc
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How much sperm does swine produce?
100-200 million cc
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How much sperm does horse produce?
150 million cc
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What is the female to male ratio at normal breeding of cattle?
25-40
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What is the female to male ratio at normal breeding of sheep?
35-60
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What is the female to male ratio at normal breeding of goats?
30-50
136
What is the female to male ratio at normal breeding of swine?
25-50
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What is the female to male ratio at normal breeding of poultry?
10-15
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What is the female to male ratio at normal breeding of horse?
20-30
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What is the normal temperature of cattle?
37-41 degrees Celsius
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What is the normal temperature of buffalo?
38-39 degrees Celsius
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What is the normal temperature of sheep?
38-40 degrees Celsius
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What is the normal temperature of goats?
38-40 degrees Celsius
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What is the normal temperature of swine?
38.5-39.5 degrees Celsius
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What is the normal temperature of swine?
38.5-39.5 degrees Celsius
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What is the normal temperature of poultry?
40-42
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What is the normal temperature of horse?
37.5-38.5
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What is the normal respiration rate/min of cattle?
18-28
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What is the normal respiration rate/min of buffalo?
24-29
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What is the normal respiration rate/min of sheep?
12-24
150
What is the normal respiration rate/min of goats?
12-20
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What is the normal respiration rate/min of swine?
15-24
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What is the normal respiration rate/min of poultry?
14-26
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What is the normal respiration rate/min of horse
8-16
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What is the normal heart rate/min of cattle?
60-70
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What is the normal heart rate/min of buffalo?
56-60
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What is the normal heart rate/min of sheep?
70-80
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What is the normal heart rate/min of goats?
70-80
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What is the normal heart rate/min of swine?
60-80
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What is the normal heart rate/min of poultry?
130-160
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What is the normal heart rate/min of horse?
32-44
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What is the expected productive life (in years) of cattle?
10
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What is the expected productive life (in years) of buffalo?
20
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What is the expected productive life (in years) of sheep?
6-8 years
164
What is the expected productive life (in years) of goats?
6-10
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What is the expected productive life (in years) of horse?
20-25
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Act of giving birth
Parturition
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Pregnancy time from conception to birth
Gestation
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Act of fertilization
Conception
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Term used which refers to female parent
Dam
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Term used to refer to a male parent
Sire
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Ability to produce fertilizable ova and to provide proper environment for the initiating cell division and embryotic development. Ability to produce large number of sperm capable for fertilization
Fertility
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Ability to give birth to offspring frequently or numerous young at frequent intervals
Fecundity of prolificacy
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Inability to produce normal young
Infertility
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Failure to copulate
Impotency
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Sexual maturity, as exhibited by first heat or ovulation
Puberty
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Young animal after separation from its dam
Weanling
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The process of separating the young from its dam
Weaning
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A race of domestic animals which maintains distinctive characteristics of shape, growth, temperament and shell color of eggs produced
Breed
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Refers to a new breeds developed by crossing two or more older breeds
Synthetic breed
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A family of any variety of domestic animal that possesses and reproduces with mark regularity common individual characters which distinguishes this from other families of the same varieties
Strain
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A subdivision of breed, used to distinguish animals having shaped and other characteristics of the breed to which they belong, but differing in color (i.e, hide, plumage), shape of comb and other features from other groups of the same breed.
Variety
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Ruminant member of the bovine family or sometimes the male used for draft purposes
Ox
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Domesticated bovine animals
Cattle
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Domesticated bovine animals
Cattle
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Male breeding ox of any age
Bull
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Mature female ox, one that has given birth
Cow
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Young female ox under 3 years of age, one that has not yet given birth
Heifer
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Young female ox under 3 years of age, one that has not yet given birth
Heifer
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Male ox castrated before sexual maturity
Steer
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Male ox castrated after sexual maturity
Stag
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Young age of either sex, under one year of age
Calf
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Young male calf under one year of age
Bull calf
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Mature male carabao
Carabull
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Young female carabao under 3 years of age , usually one that has not yet given birth
Caraheifer
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Mature female carabao, one that has given birth
Caracow
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The ability of an animal to pass on either good or bad traits to its progeny
Transmitting ability
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Bull about whom one has sufficient unselected information to indicate its transmitting abolity
Proven sire
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Mature male horse; if the horse stallion is used for breeding purposes, the term studhorse is preferred
Stallion
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Mature female horse, broodmare is the term for the female horse used for breeding purposes
Mare
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Young male horse usually up to 3 years old
Colt
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Young female horse usually up to 3 years old
Filly
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Young horse of either sex below one year of age
Foal
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Horse which was castrated while young
Gelding
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One which has not produced any young during the breeding season
Yeld mare or dry mare
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Stallion with one testis or none in its scrotum
Ridging
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Horsemanship, the art of riding on horseback
Equitition
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Male pig of any age
Boar
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Mature female pig, one that has given birth
Sow
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A young female pig under one year of age, usually one that has not given birth
Gilt
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Young pig of either sex, weighing approximately 60kgs
Shote
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Male pig which was castrated while young; or a pig that was castrated before the secondary sex characters have developed
Barrow
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Male pig castrated after sexual maturity
Stag
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Young pigs separated from the sow, about 5 weeks old
Weanling
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Young pigs from birth up to weaning
Suckling
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Group of pigs born in one farrowing
Litter
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The number of pigs born in one farrowing
Litter size
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Male sheep of any age for breeding purposes
Ram
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Male sheep of any age for breeding purposes
Ram
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Female sheep of any age
Ewe
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Young sheep of either sex below one year of age
Lamb
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Male sheep which was castrated while young preferably between one to three weeks of age
Wether lamb
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Yearling sheep with two teeth
Shearling
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Wool covering the sheep
Fleece
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Male goat of any age
Buck or Billy goat
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Wool and skin of a sheep
Pelt
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Female goat of any age
Doe
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Young goat of either sex below one year of age
Kid
228
Male goat castrated before the secondary sec characters have developed
Wether goat
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Properly dressed flesh derived from mature animals in good condition at the time of slaughter
Meat
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From fasting through stunning, bleeding up to (flaying, scalding, scraping, defeathering or dressing) and evisceration
Slaughtering
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From splitting and quartering, to cutting the carcass into retail cuts
Butchering
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Meat of an ox that is 1 year old or above
Beef
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Meat of an ox less than 1 year old
Veal
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Meat of pig
Pork
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Meat of deer
Venison
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Meat of sheep which was 1 year and above
Mutton
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Meat of sheep less than 1 year old
Lamb
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Meat of goat
Chevon
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Meat of horse
Horsemeat
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Meat of carabao
Carabeef;Caraveal
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Meat of hunted wild animals
Game meat
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A collective term for all domestic birds rendering economic service to man [Domesticated animals are those that live and multiply under the care of man]; Refers also to a dressed carcass of fowls
Poultry
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A term applied to all poultry especially to mature domestic cocks' and hens
Fowl
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One of the common poultry species; different from turkeys, ducks geese, etc.
Chicken
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Young chicken while in the downy stage
Chick
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A male fowl one year old or older
Cock or rooster
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A male fowl less than one year or older
Cockerel
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A broad general term, that designates the poultry raiser who produces fowls for any special purpose with the object of improving their value or in conformity with an agreed standard or exellence
Breeder
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Projecting mouth parts of the chicken and turkeys consisting upper or lower mandible
Beak
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Projecting mouthparts of waterfowls
Bill
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A caponized male, readily distinguished by the underdeveloped comb and wattles
Capon
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A male of the duck family
Drake
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A female of the duck family
Duck
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A young of the duck family in the downy stage of plumage
Duckling
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The feathers of a fowl
Plumage
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Young of the domestic turkey
Poult
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A female fowl less than one year old
Pullet
