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male cattle |
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bull |
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male sheep |
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ram |
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male horse |
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stallion |
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male goat or male rabbit or male deer |
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buck |
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male hog |
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boar |
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female cattle |
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cow |
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female sheep |
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ewe |
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female horse |
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mare |
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female goat or rabbit or deer |
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doe |
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female hog |
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sow |
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young female cattle until she gives birth 1st time |
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heifer |
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young female horse until she gives birth 1st time |
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filly |
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young female sheep until she gives birth 1st time |
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lamb |
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young female hog until she gives birth 1st time |
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gilt |
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What is castration? |
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the removal of the testicles |
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term for castrated bull |
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steer |
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term for castrated horse |
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gelding |
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term for castrated hog |
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barrow |
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term for castrated sheep |
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wether |
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term for castrated rooster |
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capon |
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What are 2 reasons to castrate meat animals? |
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1. better tasting meat
2. more tender meat |
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What is gestation? |
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the period of time a mammal is pregnant |
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What is the gestation period of a human? a cow? a horse? a sheep? a pig? a goat? a rabbit? |
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human- 9months
cow- 9 months
horse- 11 months
sheep- 5 months
pig- 3 1/2 -4 months
goat- 147-152 days (about same as sheep)
rabbit- 31 days |
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what is parturition? |
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this is another word for labor- when the animal is actually having the baby |
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what are the parturition terms for a cow? horse? sheep? hog? goat? rabbit? |
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cow- calving
horse- foaling
sheep- lambing
hog- farrowing
goat- kidding
rabbit- kindling |
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