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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-...
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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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