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Chapter 5
What is in a name?
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Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 1
09/20/2011
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Term
dog/stud
 Definition
intact male dog
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bitch
 Definition
intact female dog
Term
whelp
 Definition
young dog
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whelping
 Definition
giving birth to whelps
Term
pack
 Definition
group of dogs
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litter
 Definition
multiple offspring born during same labor
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tom
 Definition
intact male cat
Term
queen
 Definition
intact female cat
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kitten
 Definition
young cat
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queening
 Definition
giving birth to kittens
Term
colony
 Definition
group of cats
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buck
 Definition
intact male rabbit
Term
doe
 Definition
intact female rabbit
Term
lapin
 Definition
neutered male rabbit
Term
kit
 Definition
young (blind/deaf) rabbit
Term
kindling
 Definition
giving birth to rabbits
Term
herd
 Definition
group of rabbits
Term
hob
 Definition
intact male ferrit
Term
jill
 Definition
intact female ferret
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jill
 Definition
intact female ferret
Term
gib
 Definition
neutered male ferret
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sprite
 Definition
spayed female ferret
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kit
 Definition
young ferret
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kindling
 Definition
giving birth to ferrets
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boar
 Definition
intact male guinea pig
Term
sow
 Definition
intact female guinea pig
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pup
 Definition
young guinea pig
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sire
 Definition
intact male mouse or rat
Term
dam
 Definition
intact female mouse or rat
Term
pup
 Definition
young mouse or rat
Term
boar
 Definition
intact male pig
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sow
 Definition
intact female pig
Term
barrow
 Definition
male pig castrated when young
Term
stag
 Definition
male pig castrated after maturity
Term
gilt
 Definition
young female pig that has not farrowed
Term
pig/piglet
 Definition
young pig
Term
farrowing
 Definition
giving birth to pigs
Term
herd
 Definition
group of pigs
Term
stallion
 Definition
intact male equine (4 years old)
Term
colt
 Definition
intact male equine (< 4 years old)
Term
mare
 Definition
intact female equine (4 years old)
Term
filly
 Definition
intact female equine (< 4 years old)
Term
gelding
 Definition
castrated male equine
Term
ridgeling or rig
 Definition
cryptorchid equine (one or both testicles have not descended from the abdomen)
Term
foal
 Definition
young equine of either sex
Term
weanling
 Definition
young equine (< 1 year old)
Term
yearling
 Definition
young equine between 1 and 2 years old
Term
foaling
 Definition
giving birth to equine
Term
herd
 Definition
group of equine
Term
band
 Definition
group of horses consisting of one mature stallion, his breeding mares, and the immature male and female offspring of his mares
Term
brood mare
 Definition
breeding female equine
Term
maiden mare
 Definition
female equine never bred
Term
barren mare
 Definition
intact female horse that was not bred or did not conceive the previous season (open mare)
Term
wet mare
 Definition
intact female horse that has foaled during the current breeding season
Term
agalactic mare
 Definition
intact female horse not producing milk
Term
pony
 Definition
equine between 8.2 and 14.2 hands when mature (not a young horse)
Term
jack or jack ass
 Definition
intact male donkey
Term
jenny
 Definition
intact female donkey
Term
ram
 Definition
intact male sheep
Term
ewe
 Definition
intact female sheep
Term
wether
 Definition
castrated male sheep
Term
lamb
 Definition
young sheep
Term
hothouse lamb
 Definition
young sheep less than 3 months of age
Term
spring lamb
 Definition
young sheep 3-7 months of age
Term
yearling
 Definition
sheep 1-2 years of age (used when marking sheep)
Term
yearling
 Definition
sheep 1-2 years of age (used when marking sheep)
Term
lambing
 Definition
giving birth to sheep
Term
flock
 Definition
group of sheep
Term
buck
 Definition
intact male goat
Term
buck
 Definition
intact male goat
Term
doe
 Definition
intact female goat
Term
wether
 Definition
castrated male goat
Term
kid
 Definition
young goat
Term
kidding
 Definition
giving birth to goats
Term
freshening (freshen)
 Definition
giving birth to dairy animals
Term
herd
 Definition
group of goats
Term
bull
 Definition
intact male bovine
Term
jumper bull
 Definition
intact male bovine that has just reached maturity and is used for breeding
Term
cow
 Definition
intact female bovine that has given birth
Term
steer
 Definition
male bovine castrated when young
Term
stag
 Definition
male bovine castrated after maturity
Term
heifer
 Definition
young female bovine that has not given birth
Term
calf
 Definition
young bovine
Term
calving
 Definition
giving birth to cattle
Term
freshening (freshen)
 Definition
giving birth to dairy animals
Term
herd
 Definition
group of cattle
Term
springing heifer
 Definition
young female pregnant with her first calf
Term
freemartin
 Definition
sexually imperfect, usually sterile female calf born as a twin with a male calf
Term
gomer bull (teaser bull)
 Definition
bull used to detect female bovines in heat; bull may have penis surgically deviated to the side, may be treated with androgens, or may be vasectomized so as not to impregnate female.
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