Animal terminology

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1. Animal Terminology

2. Terms to write on the left hand
side of your paper…
Male of breeding age: Mature male, can &
does reproduce
Mature female: Mature female, has a live baby
Young male: Hasn’t reproduced –teenager
Young female: Hasn’t reproduced –teenager
Newborn: baby

3. Terms Continued
Unsexed male: Testicles removed
Unsexed female: Reproductive parts
removed
Groups: A lot of them together
Act of breeding: mating or “sex in humans”
Act of parturition: Giving birth
Meat: what we eat, section at the store

4. Cattle
Cow –mature females that can/have reproduced
Steer-castrated male cattle that cannot
reproduce
Bullock –young male bulls that cannot
reproduce
Heifer –young female; has not had offspring
Calf –young cattle to young to reproduce
Bull –male cattle that can reproduce

5. More Cattle
Calving –Act of giving birth
Serving –Act of breeding
Spayed –Unsexed female
Herd –Group
Beef –Meat

6. Sheep
Ram –mature male sheep
Ewe lamb –young female sheep
Ram lamb –young male sheep
Lamb –newborn sheep or young sheep,
Ewe –mature female sheep
Wether –castrated male sheep
Tupping-act of breeding
Lambing-act of giving birth

7. More Sheep
Spayed –Unsexed famle
Flock –Group
Lamb –meat eaten from a lamb less than 1
year old (lamb < 1yr)
Mutton –meat eaten from a lamb older than
1 year old (mutton >1yr)

8. Swine -Hogs or Pigs
Barrow –castrated male pig or hog
Boar –mature male hog
Gilt –young female pig (what we show)
Shoat –young male pig
Piglet –newborn or very young pig
Sow –mature female
Coupling-act of breeding
Farrowing-act of giving birth

9. More piggy
Spayed –Unsexed famle
Drove –Group
Pork –Meat

10. Chickens
Hen –mature female chicken
Capon –castrated male chicken
Chick –newborn chicken
Cockral –young male
Cock (Rooster) –mature male chicken
Pullet –young female chicken
Mating –act of breeding
Laying/Hatching –act of giving birth

11. More Chicken
Spayed –Unsexed female –we don’t unsex
Flock –Group
Layers = produce Eggs we eat
Broilers/Fryers = meat we eat
Poultry is the section in the store
**Discuss how you get baby chicks vs. eggs.

12. Turkey
Tom –mature male turkey
Hen –mature female turkey
Jake –young male
Hen Poult –young female
Chick-newborn
Capon –castrated male turkey
Mating-act of breeding
Laying/hatching-act of giving birth

13. More Turkey
Spayed –Unsexed female
we don’t unsex them
Flock –Group
Turkey/Poultry –Meat we eat

14. Horses
Gelding –castrated male horse
Stallion or Stud –mature male horse
Filly –young female horse
Foal –newborn horse
Mare –mature female horse
Colt –young male horse
Covering-act of breeding
Foaling-act of giving birth

15. Nay Nay
Spayed –Unsexed female
Herd –Group
Horse –Meat –However in the U.S.A we
don’t consume horse meat.
European area it is a delicacy.

16. Goats
Wether –castrated male goat (what we show)
Doe kid –young female goat
Buck kid –young male goat
Doe –mature female goat
Billy/ Buck –mature male goat
Kid –newborn goat
Serving-act of breeding
Kidding-act of giving birth

17. More Goat
Spayed –Unsexed female
Band –Group of goats
Goat –Meat we eat

18. Rabbit
Buck-mature male rabbit
Doe-mature female rabbit
Virgin-young female rabbit
Kit-newborn rabbit
Litter-group of rabbits
Servicing-act of breeding
Kindling-act of giving birth

19. More Rabbits
We don’t unsex female rabbits
Litter –Group of bunnies
Rabbit –Meat we eat
some people do consume rabbits