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Names: Parrots, mice/rats, poultry, geese, ducks, pigs, hors
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Veterinary Medicine
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07/09/2013
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Cock (2)
 Definition
intact male parrot, sexually mature male chicken
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Hen (3)
 Definition
intact female parrot, chicken and turkey
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Chick (2)
 Definition
young parrot, very young chicken
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Sire
 Definition
intact male mouse or rat
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Dam
 Definition
intact female mouse or rat
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Pup
 Definition
young mouse or rat
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Tom
 Definition
intact male turkey
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Poult (2)
 Definition
young turkey or chicken
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Flock (2)
 Definition
group of turkeys or chickens
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Clutch
 Definition
group of eggs
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Rooster
 Definition
sexually mature male chicken
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Capon
 Definition
young, castrated male chicken or domestic towel
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Cockeral
 Definition
immature male chicken
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Pullet
 Definition
immature female chicken
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Gander
 Definition
intact male goose
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Goose
 Definition
intact female goose
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Gosling
 Definition
young goose
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Gaggle
 Definition
group of geese
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Drake
 Definition
intact male duck
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Duck
 Definition
intact female duck
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Boar
 Definition
intact male pig
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Sow
 Definition
intact female pig
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Barrow
 Definition
male pig castrated when young
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Stag
 Definition
male pig castrated after maturity
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Gilt
 Definition
young female pig that has not farrowed
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Farrowing
 Definition
giving birth to pigs
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Herd
 Definition
Group of pigs
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Stallion
 Definition
intact male equine >4 yrs old
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Colt
 Definition
intact male equine <4 yrs old
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Mare
 Definition
intact female equine >4 yrs old
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Filly
 Definition
intact female equine <4 yrs old
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Gelding
 Definition
castrated male equine
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Ridgeling
 Definition
cryptorchid equine
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Foal
 Definition
young equine of either sex
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Weanling
 Definition
young equine <1 year old
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Yearling
 Definition
young equine between 1-2 years old
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Foaling
 Definition
giving birth to equine
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Herd
 Definition
group of equine
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Brood mare
 Definition
breeding female equine
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Barren mare
 Definition
intact female horse that was not bred or did not conceive the previous season
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Wet mare
 Definition
intact female horse that has had foaling during the current breeding season
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Agalactic mare
 Definition
intact female horse not producing milk
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Pony
 Definition
equine between 8.2 and 14.2 hands when mature
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