Basic Animal Science Common Terms to Know
Ankole-Watusi Cattle These cattle are the show-stoppers of the bovine kingdom. Medium-sized animals, with long, large-diameter horns, they attract attention wherever they appear. These regal animals can easily trace their ancestry back more than 6,000 years and have often been referred to as "cattle of kings."
Ankole-Watusi Sire
Male Castrated before sexual Maturity Steer Bovine…Bull Barrow Weather Gelding Bovine…Bull Porcine…Boar Sheep…Ram Horse...Stallion
Steer
Barrow…
Duroc Male…Boar
Female Cow Cattle Sow Swine Ewe Sheep Mare Horses
Mare and foal
Imature Female Heifer Cattle Gilt Swine Ewe Lamb Sheep Foal Horses
Heifer
Young Animal Calf Cattle Pig Swine Lamb Sheep Foal Horses
Pig
Group For Breeding Herd Cattle Herd Swine Flock Sheep Stud Horses
Flock Flock of sheep
Meat Produced Beef Bovine Pork Porcine Mutton Sheep N/A Equine
Slow roast…Mutton
Meat produced by Young Veal Cattle Pork Swine Lamb Sheep N/A Horses
Veal Chop
Person in Charge Herdsman Cattle Herdsman Swine Shepherd Sheep Trainer Horses
Buck Brannaman…Horse Whisperer
Registration Recorded in: Herdbook Cattle Herdbook Swine Flockbook Sheep Studbook Horses
Purebred Animals that have been members of the same breed since the breed was founded.
Crossbred One whose sire and dam were both purebred but of different breeds.
Sire Male Parent
Dam Female Parent
Scrub animal Of inferior breeding
If only one parent usually the sire is purebred. Grade Animal If only one parent usually the sire is purebred.
Pedigree A list of the ancestors of the family history of the animal.
Progeny Offspring Children Young Descendants
Rumen Reticulum Omasum Caesum Ruminant Animal stomach has 4 compartments Rumen Reticulum Omasum Caesum
Cannulas of various types for closing fistulas have been described from time to time. Rumen fistulas are used for nutritional and physiological studies. Cannula
A Fistula is a hole. permanent rumen fistula affords ready access to the rumen for sampling its contents, without sacrificing the animal or resorting to the stomach tube method.
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