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Terminologies in Animal Science

Common terminology in animal science includes terms that describe the breed, sex, age, and purpose of many types of livestock. Key terms include breed, which describes a distinct type of animal within a species, dam and sire, which refer to the female and male parents, and herd or flock, which are groups of the same species. Offspring are identified by terms like calf, lamb, kid, and piglet. Livestock are raised for purposes like meat (pork, beef, veal), milk, eggs, fiber (wool), and work.

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Terminologies in Animal Science

Common terminology in animal science includes terms that describe the breed, sex, age, and purpose of many types of livestock. Key terms include breed, which describes a distinct type of animal within a species, dam and sire, which refer to the female and male parents, and herd or flock, which are groups of the same species. Offspring are identified by terms like calf, lamb, kid, and piglet. Livestock are raised for purposes like meat (pork, beef, veal), milk, eggs, fiber (wool), and work.

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Common Terminologies in Animal Science

Breed – a stock of animals within a species having a distinctive appearance


and typically having been developed by deliberate selection
Breeding animal– an animal caused to produce offspring typically in a
controlled and organized way
Dam – a female parent
Flock – a grouping of a species of livestock (sheep, poultry)
Herd – a group of a single species of animal (cattle, horses, swine, goats)
Livestock – domestic farm animals kept for productive purposes (meat, milk,
work, wool)
Market animal – livestock bred and raised for food consumption
Polled – a naturally hornless animal
Sire – a male parent
Litter – multiple offspring produced at one birth by a multi-parous mammal.

Fertility in (Male) – the capacity to produce large number of sperm cells


capable of fertilization.
Fertility in (Female) – the capacity to produce fertilizable ova (egg cells) and
the ability to conceive biological young.
Fertilization – the union of sperm cell and the egg cell.
Conception – the act of fertilization
Gestation – pregnancy; it is the period from conception and birth
Parturition – act of giving
Calving – act of giving birth in cows
Foaling – act of giving birth in mares
Lambing - act of giving birth in ewes
Kidding - act of giving birth in does
Farrowing - act of giving birth in sows
Lactation – it is the secretion of milk from the mammary gland
Suckling – a young animal that is still lactating from the dam
Weaning – it is the process of separating young from its dam
Weanling – the young separated from its dam.

Chickens

Chick – a newly hatched or a very young chicken


Broilers – a chicken that is six to 13 weeks of age used for meat production
Pullet – Female bird under one year of age
Hen – Female bird over one year of age
Cockerel – Male bird under one year of age
Rooster/Cock – Male bird over one year of age
Popular Products – eggs and chicken

Cattle

Bovine – the technical name for cattle


Calf – a sexually immature young bovine
Heifer – a young female bovine which has not yet had a calf
Cow – a mature female bovine
Steer – a castrated male bovine
Bull – a sexually mature male bovine
Popular Products – milk, beef and leather
Ducks

Drake – Adult male


Duck – Adult female

Geese

Gander – Adult male


Goose – Adult female

Goats

Caprine – refers to animals in the goat family


Kid – a young goat
Wether – a castrated male goat
Doe –a female goat
Buck –a sexually mature male goat

Pigs

Swine – a refers to animals in the pig family


Barrow – a young, castrated male swine
Boar – a sexually mature male swine
Gilt – a young female pig
Hog – a mature swine (usually weighing more than 120 pounds)
Pig – (aka. piglet) a young swine (usually weighing less than 120 lbs.)
Sow – a mature female swine

Sheep

Ovine – the technical name for sheep


Ewe – a female sheep
Lamb – a sheep less than one year in age
Ram – a male sheep
Wether – a castrated male sheep
Popular Products – lamb,* mutton,* hogget,* and wool

Turkeys

Poult – Young domestic turkey


Hen – Adult female
Tom – Adult male

Horse

Equine – name of the family that includes horses, donkeys and zebras
Foal – an animal in the equine family, of either sex, that is one year old or
younger
Colt – a male horse under the age of four
Filly – a female horse under the age of four
Gelding – a castrated animal of the equine family
Pony – a mature horse that measures less than 14.2hands
Mare – an adult female horse
Stallion – an adult male horse
Draft Horse – a large horse bred for hard, heavy tasks such as ploughing and
farm labor
Equitation – the art of riding a horse

Meats of Farm animals:


Pork – hog, pig
Beef – is from older cattle
Veal - is the meat of younger cattle
Chicken meat – chicken
Chevon – goat
Lamb - sheep

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