Reproductive System Livestock Animals

Reproductive System-Female Vagina* Urethra Bladder Ureter Fallopian Tube* Corpus luteum* Infundibulum Oviducts* Placenta* Kidney Uterus* Cervix* Rectum Vulva* Ovary* Follicle* Mammary glands*

Female Repro Tract

Reproductive System-Male Testicles * Scrotum* Urethra Retractor Cowper’s gland* Prostate gland* Seminal vesicle* Accessory glands Sigmoid flexure Bladder Kidney Ureter Vas defrens* Epididymis* Glans penis* Prepuce (sheath) Leydig’s cells*

Male Reproductive Tract

Female parent of animals Dam Female parent of animals

Sire Male parent of animals

Partuition Act of giving birth

Freemartin Twins of opposite sex born in cattle resulting in the female twin being sterile.

Length between heat cycles Estrus Length between heat cycles

Gestation Length of pregnancy

Feed supplemented to young along with milk from their mothers Creep Feed Feed supplemented to young along with milk from their mothers

First milk acquired by young animals from their mothers Colostrum First milk acquired by young animals from their mothers

A mix of two or more breeds of an animal Crossbreed A mix of two or more breeds of an animal

Artifical Insemination Breeding performed by a human using frozen semen

Embryo Transfer Frozen fertilized eggs placed in females to carry during pregnancy and then care for

Separating young baby animals from their mothers Weaning Separating young baby animals from their mothers