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Animal Science
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Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 1
08/28/2013

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Term
AI
Definition
Artificial Insemination is a method of breeding poultry and animals by injecting stored semen directly into the female
Term
Band
Definition
a group of goats ( also referred to as a mob or herd)
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Barrow
Definition
A castrated male pig
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Billy (goat)
Definition
a male goat
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Bitch
Definition
a female dog
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Boar
Definition
a sexually mature uncastrated male pig; also referred to as herd sires
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Bovine
Definition
pertaining to the cow; of the family Bovidae
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Broilers
Definition
chickens (meat type) that are typically marketed between 36 and 56 days of age and between 4 and 8 lbs depending on the market
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Brood
Definition
a group of baby chickens
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Brood Animal
Definition
animal reserved for breeding and raising young
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Brood stock
Definition
the parent fish, usually segregated from general production
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Buck
Definition
a male sheep, goat, rabbit, deer or antelope
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Buck kid
Definition
an immature male goat
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Bull
Definition
a sexually mature uncastrated male bovine
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Bulling
Definition
refers to behavior of a cow in heat (estrus)
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Bullock
Definition
most commonly refers to young bulls grown and fattened in a similar manner to beef steers and heifers
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ro
Definition
a donkey (ass)
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Calving
Definition
act of parurition in cattle
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Canine
Definition
pertaining to the dog family
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Cockerel
Definition
a male chicken less than a year old
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colt
Definition
an immature male horse
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cow
Definition
a mature female bovine
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culling
Definition
refers to removing animals from the herd- ideally voluntarilly but can be involuntary
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Dam
Definition
the female parent
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doe
Definition
and adult female rabbit, goat or deer
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doe kid or doeling
Definition
an immature female goat
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Drake
Definition
an adult male duck
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Drove
Definition
a group of swine, a herd
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Dystocia
Definition
general difficult parturition (birthing process) in any species
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equine
Definition
pertaining to a horse
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Ewe
Definition
a female sheep
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Farrowing
Definition
the act of parturition in swine
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Feeder
Definition
a young animal kept with the intent of finishing out to an acceptable market weight
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Filly
Definition
an immature female horse, a young mare
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Fingerling
Definition
a fish from 1 inch to 6 inches in lenth (at which point it is called a juvenile)
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Flock
Definition
a group of sheep or birds
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Foal
Definition
a young equine of either sex (usually unweaned)
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Foaling
Definition
act of parturition in the equine
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Fowl
Definition
any bird, but usually refers to more mature poultry
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Fry
Definition
a fish from hatching to 1 inch in total length
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Gander
Definition
a mature male goose
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Gelding
Definition
a castrated male equine
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Get
Definition
the offspring of a specific male animal
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Gilt
Definition
a young female swine, untl the first litter of pigs is farrowed
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Gosling
Definition
any young goose
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Gestation
Definition
the period of pregnancy from conception until parturition
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half-sib
Definition
a half brother or half sister
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Heifer
Definition
a female of the bovine species that has not had a calf
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