General Terms | Cattle | Hogs | Horses | Chickens |
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Dam
What is a female parent
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Heifer
What is a young female bovine which has not had a calf
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Barrow
What is a young, castrated male swine
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Foal
What is an animal in the equine family, or either sex, that is one year or younger
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Broiler
What is a chicken that is six to 13 weeks of age used for meat production
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Breed
What is a stock of animals within a species having distinctive appearance and typically having been developed by deliberate selection.
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Bull
What is a sexually mature male bovine
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Boar
What is a sexually mature male swine
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Colt
What is a male horse under the age of four
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Pullet
What is a female bird under one year of age
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Sire
What is a male parent
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Steer
What is a castrated male bovine
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Gilt
What is a young female pig that has not reproduced
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Filly
What is a female horse under the age of four
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Hen
What is a female bird over one year of age
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Polled
What is a naturally hornless animal
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Cow
What is a mature female bovine that has had a calf
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Sow
What is a mature female swine that has reproduced
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Gelding
What is a castrated animal of the equine family
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Cockerel
What is a male bird under one year of age
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Livestock
What is a domestic farm animal kept for productive purposes. (Meat, work, wool)
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Bovine
What is the scientific name for cattle
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Swine
What is refers to animals in the pig family
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Mare
What is an adult female horse
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Rooster
What is a male bird over one year of age
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