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Chapter 5
What is in a name?
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Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 1
09/20/2011

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Term
dog/stud
Definition
intact male dog
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bitch
Definition
intact female dog
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whelp
Definition
young dog
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whelping
Definition
giving birth to whelps
Term
pack
Definition
group of dogs
Term
litter
Definition
multiple offspring born during same labor
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tom
Definition
intact male cat
Term
queen
Definition
intact female cat
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kitten
Definition
young cat
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queening
Definition
giving birth to kittens
Term
colony
Definition
group of cats
Term
buck
Definition
intact male rabbit
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doe
Definition
intact female rabbit
Term
lapin
Definition
neutered male rabbit
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kit
Definition
young (blind/deaf) rabbit
Term
kindling
Definition
giving birth to rabbits
Term
herd
Definition
group of rabbits
Term
hob
Definition
intact male ferrit
Term
jill
Definition
intact female ferret
Term
jill
Definition
intact female ferret
Term
gib
Definition
neutered male ferret
Term
sprite
Definition
spayed female ferret
Term
kit
Definition
young ferret
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kindling
Definition
giving birth to ferrets
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boar
Definition
intact male guinea pig
Term
sow
Definition
intact female guinea pig
Term
pup
Definition
young guinea pig
Term
sire
Definition
intact male mouse or rat
Term
dam
Definition
intact female mouse or rat
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pup
Definition
young mouse or rat
Term
boar
Definition
intact male pig
Term
sow
Definition
intact female pig
Term
barrow
Definition
male pig castrated when young
Term
stag
Definition
male pig castrated after maturity
Term
gilt
Definition
young female pig that has not farrowed
Term
pig/piglet
Definition
young pig
Term
farrowing
Definition
giving birth to pigs
Term
herd
Definition
group of pigs
Term
stallion
Definition
intact male equine (4 years old)
Term
colt
Definition
intact male equine (< 4 years old)
Term
mare
Definition
intact female equine (4 years old)
Term
filly
Definition
intact female equine (< 4 years old)
Term
gelding
Definition
castrated male equine
Term
ridgeling or rig
Definition
cryptorchid equine (one or both testicles have not descended from the abdomen)
Term
foal
Definition
young equine of either sex
Term
weanling
Definition
young equine (< 1 year old)
Term
yearling
Definition
young equine between 1 and 2 years old
Term
foaling
Definition
giving birth to equine
Term
herd
Definition
group of equine
Term
band
Definition
group of horses consisting of one mature stallion, his breeding mares, and the immature male and female offspring of his mares
Term
brood mare
Definition
breeding female equine
Term
maiden mare
Definition
female equine never bred
Term
barren mare
Definition
intact female horse that was not bred or did not conceive the previous season (open mare)
Term
wet mare
Definition
intact female horse that has foaled during the current breeding season
Term
agalactic mare
Definition
intact female horse not producing milk
Term
pony
Definition
equine between 8.2 and 14.2 hands when mature (not a young horse)
Term
jack or jack ass
Definition
intact male donkey
Term
jenny
Definition
intact female donkey
Term
ram
Definition
intact male sheep
Term
ewe
Definition
intact female sheep
Term
wether
Definition
castrated male sheep
Term
lamb
Definition
young sheep
Term
hothouse lamb
Definition
young sheep less than 3 months of age
Term
spring lamb
Definition
young sheep 3-7 months of age
Term
yearling
Definition
sheep 1-2 years of age (used when marking sheep)
Term
yearling
Definition
sheep 1-2 years of age (used when marking sheep)
Term
lambing
Definition
giving birth to sheep
Term
flock
Definition
group of sheep
Term
buck
Definition
intact male goat
Term
buck
Definition
intact male goat
Term
doe
Definition
intact female goat
Term
wether
Definition
castrated male goat
Term
kid
Definition
young goat
Term
kidding
Definition
giving birth to goats
Term
freshening (freshen)
Definition
giving birth to dairy animals
Term
herd
Definition
group of goats
Term
bull
Definition
intact male bovine
Term
jumper bull
Definition
intact male bovine that has just reached maturity and is used for breeding
Term
cow
Definition
intact female bovine that has given birth
Term
steer
Definition
male bovine castrated when young
Term
stag
Definition
male bovine castrated after maturity
Term
heifer
Definition
young female bovine that has not given birth
Term
calf
Definition
young bovine
Term
calving
Definition
giving birth to cattle
Term
freshening (freshen)
Definition
giving birth to dairy animals
Term
herd
Definition
group of cattle
Term
springing heifer
Definition
young female pregnant with her first calf
Term
freemartin
Definition
sexually imperfect, usually sterile female calf born as a twin with a male calf
Term
gomer bull (teaser bull)
Definition
bull used to detect female bovines in heat; bull may have penis surgically deviated to the side, may be treated with androgens, or may be vasectomized so as not to impregnate female.
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