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dog/stud= intact (not sexually altered) male dog
bitch= intact female dog
whelp or pup= young dog
whelping= giving birth to whelps or puppies
pack= group of dogs
litter= multiple offspring born during same labor |
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tom= intact male cat
queen= intact female cat
kitten= young cat
queening- giving birth to kittens |
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buck= intact male rabbit
doe= intact female rabbit
lapin= neutered male rabbit
kit= young (blind, deaf) rabbit
kindling= giving birth to rabbits
herd= group of rabbits |
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hob= intact male ferret
jill= intact female ferret
gib= neutered male ferret
sprite= spayed female ferret
kit= young ferret
kindling= giving birth to ferrets |
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boar= intact male guinea pig
sow= intact female guinea pig
pup= young guinea pig |
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sire= intact male mouse or rat
dam= intact female mouse or rat
pup= young mouse or rat |
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| Psittacine=Parrot (includes other birds with bills for cracking seeds) |
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cock= intact male parrot
hen= intact female parrot
chick= young parrot
flock= group of parrots (also called a company) |
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| Turkey=One kind of poultry |
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tom= intact male turkey
hen= intact female turkey
poult= young turkey
flock= group of turkeys
clutch= group of eggs |
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| Chicken=One kind of poultry |
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rooster= intact male chicken; also called a cock
hen= intact female chicken
capon= young castrated male chicken or domestic fowl
cockerel= immature male chicken
poult= young chicken
pullet= immature female chicken
chick= very young chicken
flock= group of chickens |
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| Goose=One kind of anserine |
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gander= intact male goose
goose= intact female goose
gosling= young goose
gaggle= group of geese |
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| Duck=One type of anserine |
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drake= intact male duck
duck= intact female duck
duckling= young duck
flock= group of ducks |
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| Ratite=Large, flightless bird (Ostrich, Emu, Rhea) |
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rooster= intact male ratite
hen= intact female ratite
hatchling= ostrich up to 2 days old
chick= young ratite (usually less than 6 months of age)
yearling= ostrich from 6 months to 12 months of age; rhea from 6 months to 18 months of age
flock= group of ratites |
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boar= intact male pig
sow= intact female pig
barrow= male pig castrated when young
stag= male pig castrated after maturity
gilt= young female pig that has not farrowed
pig or piglet= young pig; old term is shoat
farrowing= giving birth to pigs
herd= group of pigs |
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ram= intact male sheep
ewe= intact female sheep
wether= castrated male sheep
lamb= young sheep
hothouse lamb= young sheep less than 3 months of age
spring lamb= young sheep 3-7 months of age
yearling= sheep 1-2 years of age (used when marketing sheep)
lambing= giving birth to sheep
flock= group of sheep |
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buck= intact male goat
doe= intact female goat
wether= castrated male goat
kid= young goat
kidding= giving birth to goats
freshening= giving birth to dairy animals; also called freshen
herd= group of goats |
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| Camelid=Llama, Alpaca, Guanaco, Vicuna |
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bull= intact male llama (also called a stallion)
cow= intact female llama
gelding= castrated male llama
cria= young llama |
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| Cervidae=Deer, Elk, Moose, Caribou |
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buck= intact male deer
bull= intact male elk, moose, caribou
doe= intact female deer
cow= intact female elk, moose, caribou
fawn= young deer
heifer= young female elk, moose, caribou
herd= group of cervidae |
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bull= intact male bovine
jumper bull= intact male bovine that has just reached maturity and is used for breeding
cow= intact female bovine that has given birth
steer= male bovine castrated when young
stag= male bovine castrated after maturity
heifer= young female bovine that has not given birth
calf= young bovine
calving= giving birth to cattle
freshening= giving birth to dairy animals; also called freshen
herd= group of cattle
springing heifer= young female pregnant with her first calf= first calf heifer
freemartin= sexually imperfect, usually sterile female calf born as a twin with a male calf
gomer bull/teaser bull= bull used to detect female bovines in heat, bull may have penis surgically deviated to the side, may by treated with androgens, or may be vasectomized so as not to impregnate female |
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jack or jack ass= intact male donkey
jenny= intact female donkey |
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| is used to denote the offspring of a stallion (male horse) and a jenny (female donkey). |
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| is used to denote the offspring of a jack (male donkey) and a mare (female horse). |
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| Equine=Horse, Pony, Donkey and Mule |
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stallion= intact male equine=4 years old (breeding age)
colt= intact male equine= 4 years old
mare= intact female equine= 4 years old (breeding age)
filly= intact female equine= 4 years old
gelding= castrated male equine
ridgeling or rig= cryptorchid equine (one or both testicles have not descended from the abdomen)
foal= young equine of either sex
weanling= young equine=1 year old
yearling= young equine between 1 and 2 years old
foaling= giving birth to equine
herd= group of equine
band= group of horses consisting of one mature stallion, his breeding mares, and the immature male and female offspring of his mares
brood mare= breeding female equine
maiden mare= female equine never bred
barren mare= intact female horse that was not bred or did not conceive the previous season= open mare
wet mare= intact female horse that has foaled during the current breeding season
agalactic mare= intact female horse not producing milk
pony= equine between 8.2 and 14.2 hands when mature (not a young horse) |
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