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| Agriculture mechanization |
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| Has been largely responsible for increased food production and allowing people to turn their attention to professions other than production agriculture |
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| 2 main importances of meat |
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1. the assortment of amino acids in animal proteins more closely matches the needs of the human body than does the assortment in plant proteins.
2. Adequate quantities of B12 needed by the human body can be obtained from meat, but not from consumption of plants. |
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1. Chronic persistent hunger (CPH)
2. Famine |
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| Chronic persistent hunger (CPH) |
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| results from a combination of poverty, climatic change, political instability, water shortages, loss of soil fertility, poor infrastructure, and illiteracy. |
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| Typically a relatively short period of crisis resulting from the breakdown in food production and distribution infrastructure resulting from catastrophic events such as hurricanes, drought, or civil war. |
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| all members of the household have access to enough food for a healthy lifestyle and sufficient financial resources to acquire food as needed. |
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| Food insecure (with out hunger) |
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| able to gain access to groceries via food assistance programs or community outreach programs. |
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| Food insecure (with periods of hunger) |
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| no access to food assistance programs and such |
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| biodegradable wastes consisting of animal carcases, parts of animal carcases, products of animal origin which are not intended for human consumption |
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| obtained from hides, skins, and bones. Can be used in foods, films, and glues. |
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| obtained primarily from hides. Used to make sausage casings. |
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| any of several forms of a gene, usually arising through mutation, that are responsible for hereditary variation. |
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| live inspection of an animal to determine quality and to separate those not fit for consumption (labeled "condemned") |
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| pertains to the front or the head |
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| a bird, pertaining to birds |
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1. the flesh of a cow, steer, or bull raised and killed for its meat.
2. an adult cow, steer, or bull raised for its meat. |
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| the technique of using microorganisms, such as bacteria, to perform chemical processing, such as waste recycling, or to produce other materials, such as beer and wine, cheese, antibiotics, and (using genetic engineering) hormones, vaccines, etc |
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| the method that most meat-packers use to transport large beef cuts to butchers and grocery stores. |
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| an UNcastrated male swine |
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| of or pertaining to cattle, buffalo, oxen, etc. |
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The exposed surface of the epiphyseal–diaphyseal
growth plate in the lower leg (metacarpus) of a lamb carcass. |
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| a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans. |
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| a young, tender chicken suitable for eating. |
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| a male sheep (ram), goat, rabbit, deer, or antelope. |
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| an UNcastrated male bovine |
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1. a castrated bull, steer
2. a young bull |
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| the young of a cow, or other bovine |
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| the birth of, or to give birth to a calf |
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| a castrated cock fowl (done to improve meat quality) |
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| the flesh of goats, used as food |
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| a young chicken or other bird |
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| a young, domesticated cock |
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| the part of the scrotum left after castration |
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| the fecundation of the ovum. The action of conceiving or becoming pregnant. |
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| the physical form or physical traits of an animal; its shape and arrangement of parts. |
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| an individual from which the parents are from two different breeds |
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A failure of the mammalian testes to descend into
the scrotum |
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| to eliminate nonproductive or undesirable animals |
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| fat, lean, and bone composition of meat animals. Used interchangeably with yield grade |
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| abbreviation for hundred weight (100lb) |
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| infers that non-pregnant females have active estrous cycles |
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| Remote, as opposed to close or proximal; away from the main part of the body |
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| Pertaining to the back, or more toward the back portion; opposite to ventral. It means the same as posterior in human anatomy |
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| A genetic trait in cattle where muscles are greatly enlarged rather than duplicate muscles |
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| Soft, fluffy type of feather located under the contour feathers. Serves as insulating material |
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| The percentage of live weight that becomes carcass weight at slaughter. Determined by dividing the carcass weight by the live weight, then multiplying by 100 |
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Nonlactating female. The dry period of cows is
the time between lactations (when a female is not secreting milk) |
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Abnormal or difficult labor (parturition) causing
difficulty in delivering the fetus and placenta |
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| Very early stage of individual development within the uterus |
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| adjective meaning "heat", which modifies such words as "cycle". The estrous cycle is the heat cycle, or time from one heat to the next |
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| the period of mating activity in the female mammal. Same as "heat" |
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| Expected Progeny Difference (EPD) |
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| one half of the breeding value, the difference in performance to be expected from future progeny of a sire, compared with that expected from future progeny of an average bull in the same test |
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| to give birth to a litter of pigs |
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| A young animal that does not have a high finish (fatness) but shows evidence of ability to add weight economically |
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| pertaining to animals in the wild or untamed state |
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| The unborn young of animals (usually vertebrates) that give birth to a living offspring |
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| the contents of the digestive tract |
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The degree of fatness or the distribution
of fat in an animal |
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| The wool from all parts of a sheep |
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| Female born twin to a bull calf. Usually sterile |
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| Animals having the same sire and dam |
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| A female or male reproductive cell (sperm or ovum) |
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| the technique of removing, modifying, or adding genes to a DNA molecule |
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| Pregnancy. The period from conception to birth of young |
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| A young female swine. Commonly called gilt until the first litter of pigs is farrowed |
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The gland of a male or female that produces the
reproductive cells; the testicle or ovary |
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| The increase in protein over its loss in the animal body |
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| A female of the cattle species less than 3 years of age that has not borne a calf |
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| a heifer that has calved once, after which the heifer is fed for slaughter. The calf has usually died or been weaned at an early age |
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| An adult female avian (usually chicken or turkey) |
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| The offspring of a stallion and a jennet (female donkey) |
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| A young goat. Up to a year of age |
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| Meat from ruminant animals with split hooves where the animals have been slaughtered according to Jewish law |
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| A young sheep, less than a year old. To give birth to a lamb |
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| The fat from pigs that has been produced through the rendering process |
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| A hen that is kept for egg production |
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| Sex drive or the desire to mate on the part of the male |
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| The distribution of fat in muscular tissue. Intramuscular fat |
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| A sexually developed female horse |
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1. Statistical term for average
2. Term used to describe animals having bad behavior |
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| The tissues of the animal body that are used for food |
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| The hybrid that is produced by mating a male donkey with a female horse. They are usually sterile. (The opposite of a Hinny) |
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| The meat from a sheep that is over 1 year old |
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| All organs and tissues removed from inside the animal during the slaughtering process |
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| Refers to non-pregnant females |
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| The number of different times a female has had offspring |
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| The process of giving birth |
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| The record of the ancestry of an animal |
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| The natural, whole skin covering, including the wool, hair, or fur |
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| Naturally or genetically hornless |
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| Toward the rear of an animal |
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| A young turkey of either sex, from hatching to approximately 10 weeks of age |
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| Includes chickens, turkeys, geese, pigeons, peafowls, guineas, and game birds |
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| Nearest. The position that is closest to the point of attachment for a limb or bone |
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| The age at which the reproductive organs become functionally operative |
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| Young female chicken from day of hatch through onset of egg production. Sometimes the term is used through the first laying year |
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| An animal eligible for registry with a recognized breed association |
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| A male sheep that is sexually mature |
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1. Size
2. Equipment on which an animal is weighed |
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| Small growths of hornlike tissue attached to the skin of polled or dehorned animals |
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| The fluid containing sperm that is ejaculated by the male. Secretions from seminal vesicles, the prostate gland, the bulbourethral glands, and the urethral glands provide most of the fluid |
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| A young pig of either sex |
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| Loss of weight -- commonly used in the loss of live weight when animals are marketed or loss in weight from grease wool to clean wool |
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| A female swine that has farrowed on litter or has reached a year old |
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| The joint where the foot and pastern are removed from the front leg. Used to identify a mutton carcass |
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| Castrated male sheep, cattle, goats, or swine that have reached sexual maturity prior to castration |
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| A sexually mature male horse |
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| A castrated bovine male that was castrated early in life, before puberty |
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| Weaned cattle that are fed high-roughage diets (including grazing) before going into the feedlot |
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| Usually the same as stallion. Also, the place where male animals are maintained |
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| The hat of cattle and sheep |
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| The stallion in the presence of the mare to see if she will mate |
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| Animals that contain genes transferred from other animals, usually from a different species |
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1. The physical conformation of an animal
2. All those physical attributes that contribute to the value of an animal for a specific purpose |
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| The meat from very young cattle, under 3 months of age |
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| Internal organs and glands contained in the thoracic and abdominal cavities |
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| A male sheep castrated before reaching puberty |
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