Animal Science 102 Terms

A group of goats Band Castrate Pig Barrow Male goat Billy  Female Dog Bitch Sexually mature uncastrated male pig Boar Pertaining to the ox or cow; of the family Bovidae Bovine Chickens (meat type) that typically are marketed at about 50 days of age and about 4.5 lbs. Broilers A goup of baby chickens Brood Animal reserved for breeding and raising young  Brood animal A male sheep, goat, rabbit, deer or antelope Buck A sexually mature uncastrated male bovine Bull An immature male goat Buck Kid Refers to a cow in heat Bulling Bullock most commonly refers to young bulls grown and fattened in a similar manner to beef steers and heifers Burro  A donkey Calving Act of parturition in calttle Pertaining to the dog family Canine Capon Male chicken that has had its testes removed Cock male chicken Cockerel male chicken less than a year old Colt  immature male horse Cow mature female bovine Dam  the female parent Doe and adult female rabbit, goat, or deer Doe kid immature female goat an adult male duck Drake Drove a group of swine Equine pertaining to a horse Ewe female sheep act of parturition in swine Farrowing Feeder young animal which does not have high finish (fatness) but shows evidence of ability to add wight economically  Filly  immature young female horse; a young mare Flock group of sheep young horse or mule of either sex Foal Foaling act of parturition in the horse Fowl  any bird, but usually refers to more mature poultry Gander  mature male goose Gelding  a castrated male horse Get The offspring from a male animal Gilt  a young female swine; until the first litter of pigs is farrowed Gosling any young goose Half-sib half-brother or half-sister Heifer  female of the cattle species that has not borne a calf Heiferette  a female of the cattle species that has given birth but finished for market rather than saved as a breeding animal Hen An adult avian female herd group of cattle or horses Hinny  the offspring of a Jenny and a stallion hutch  group of rabbits Jack male uncastrated donkey Jenny Female donkey; a jennet Kid young goat or antelope  kidding  act of parturition in the goat kindling act of parturition in the rabbit  lamb a sheep less than 12 months of age (ewe lamb, ewe ram) Lambing  act of parturition in sheep littler  the pigs farrowed by a sow or the pups whelped by a bitch at one delivery period mare mature female horse mule the cross resulting from mating a mare horse with a jack nanny  a female goat Nonruminant an animal without a rumen Nurse Cow a milk cow used to supply milk for nursing calves other than her own Ovine an animal of the subfamily Ovidae; sheep, goats Pig a young swine Piglet  A Little pig Polled having no horns Pony any small horse in the United States that doesn't exceed 58 inches tall at maturity Porcine pertaining to swine Poult an immature tuckey, after sex is determined, called young tom or young hen Poultry birds raised for meat and eggs Produce a female's offspring Progeny  offspring of animals Ram male sheep (aka buck) Roaster a young chicken (meat type) weighting mre than 4.5 pounds Roasting pig A pig weighing from about 50-75 lbs Rooster  an adult male chicken Runt a term used to denote a piglet of poor size in relation to littermates Scrub  an animal inferior in either breeding or individuality Shoat a young pig of either sex not fully grown and fattened for markey Sire  male parent Sow mature female swine Stag male animal castrated after the secondary sex characteristics have developed Stallion  mature male horse, not castrated Steer male bovine castrated before the development of secondary sex characteristics  Stud a unit of selected animals kept for breeding purposes Tom male tukey Tup Ram Vealer Calbes fed for slaughter usually less than 4 months old; "fancy veal may weigh as much as 400-420 pounds at 16 weeks Weanling  recently weaned animal Wether male sheep or goat castrated before sexual maturity Whelp to give birth to, as by a female dog Yearling refers to a male or female farm animal during th first year and up to two years of age