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Intro to Animal Science USU ADVS 1110
Animal Terminology
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
08/30/2013
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Bovine
 Definition
cattle
Term
Ovine
 Definition
sheep
Term
Caprine
 Definition
goats
Term
Porcine
 Definition
pigs
Term
Equine
 Definition
horses and asses
Term
Poultry
 Definition
chickens and turkeys
Term
Waterfowl
 Definition
ducks and geese
Term
Lagomorphs
 Definition
rabbits
Term
Camelids
 Definition
llamas and alpacas
Term
Feline
 Definition
cats (domesticated)
Term
Canine
 Definition
dogs (domesticated)
Term
Genus and species of temperate and European breeds of cattle
 Definition
Bos taurus
Term
Genus and species of tropical and humped breeds of cattle
 Definition
Bos indicus
Term
Cattle: group
 Definition
Herd
Term
Cattle: adult male
 Definition
bull - only after breeding
Term
Cattle: adult female
 Definition
cow - only after birthing
Term
Cattle: young male
 Definition
bull calf
Term
Cattle: young female
 Definition
heifer calf
Term
Cattle: newborn
 Definition
calf
Term
Cattle: castrated male
 Definition
steer
Term
Cattle: offspring w/ dam
 Definition
calf at foot, or suckling calf
Term
Cattle: birthing
 Definition
calving
Term
Cattle: mating
 Definition
serving, or breeding
Term
Open cow
 Definition
not pregnant
Term
Fresh cow
 Definition
just after giving birth, or "in milk"
Term
Springer
 Definition
cow that is soon to calve
Term
Veal
 Definition
calf meat until three months of age
Term
Ox
 Definition
adult castrated bull intended to work as draft animal
Term
Ovarectomy
 Definition
castration equivalent for female cattle
Term
Flerd
 Definition
flock of sheep mixed with herd of cattle
Term
Sheep: genus and species
 Definition
Ovis aries
Term
Sheep: group of 2-700 head of ewes
 Definition
flock
Term
Sheep: group of 700-1200 head of ewes
 Definition
band
Term
Sheep: adult male
 Definition
ram, buck, or tup
Term
Sheep: adult female
 Definition
ewe
Term
Sheep: young male
 Definition
ram lamb, buck lamb, or tup lamb
Term
Sheep: young female
 Definition
ewe lamb
Term
Sheep: newborn
 Definition
lamb
Term
Sheep: castrated male
 Definition
wether
Term
Sheep: offspring w/ dam
 Definition
suckling or nursing lamb
Term
Sheep: birthing
 Definition
lambing
Term
Sheep: mating
 Definition
bucking up, joining, breeding, servicing, tupping
Term
Bummer lamb
 Definition
orphaned
Term
Leppy lamb
 Definition
abandoned and then orphaned
Term
Hogget
 Definition
yearling
Term
Sheep: open-faced
 Definition
short hair on face
Term
Sheep: closed-faced or wool-blind
 Definition
wool on the face that must be clipped or eyed out
Term
Lamb meat
 Definition
young nursing ovine of either sex, usually under 14 months of age
Term
Mutton
 Definition
meat of adult sheep over 14 months
Term
Goat: genus and species
 Definition
Capra hircus
Term
Goat: group
 Definition
flock, trip, or band
Term
Goat: adult male
 Definition
billy, buck, or billy-goat
Term
Goat: adult female
 Definition
doe
Term
Goat: young male
 Definition
buckling
Term
Goat: young female
 Definition
doeling or goatling
Term
Goat: newborn
 Definition
kid
Term
Goat: castrated male
 Definition
wether
Term
Goat: offspring w/ dam
 Definition
suckling kid
Term
Goat: birthing
 Definition
kidding
Term
Goat: mating
 Definition
bucking up, serving, breeding
Term
Goat: nanny
 Definition
female goat that suckles a lamb that isn't hers - nurse or nursemaid
Term
Goat: king
 Definition
head billy in a flock
Term
Goat: queen
 Definition
head doe in a flock
Term
Goat meat
 Definition
chevon, cabrito, capretto, chivon
Term
Goat cheese
 Definition
chevre
Term
Pig: genus and species
 Definition
Sus scrofa domesticus
Term
Pig: group
 Definition
herd, drove, or stock
Term
Pig: adult male
 Definition
boar after breeding
Term
Pig: adult female
 Definition
sow after birthing
Term
Pig: young male
 Definition
boar pig or boarling
Term
Pig: young female
 Definition
gilt
Term
Pig: newborn
 Definition
piglet or pigling
Term
Pig: castrated male
 Definition
barrow
Term
Pig weighs
 Definition
less than 120
Term
Hog weighs
 Definition
more than 120
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