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Animal Breeds/Names
ANSC 102 (Purdue)
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Agriculture
Undergraduate 2
01/15/2011

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Ewe

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A female sheep.

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Lamb

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A sheep less than 12 months of age.

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Ram

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A male sheep (also called a buck)

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Ovine

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An animal of the sub-family ovidae; sheep, goats.

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Wether

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A male sheep or goat castrated before sexual maturation.

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Lambing

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Act of parturition in sheep.

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Flock

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A group of sheep.

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Buck

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A male sheep, goat, rabbit, deer, or antelope.

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Tup

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A ram.

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Nanny

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A female goat.

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Doe Kid

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An immature female goat

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Buck Kid

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An immature male goat

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Billy (Goat)

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A male goat

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Band

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A group of goats

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Kidding

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The act of parturition in goat

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Wether

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A male sheep/goat castrated before sexual maturity

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Kid

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A young goat/antelope

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Buck

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A male sheep, goat, rabbit, deer, or antelope

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Doe

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An adult female rabbit, goat, or deer

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Drove

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A group of swine

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Litter

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The pigs farrowed (give birth) by a sow or the pups whelped by a bitch at one delivery period

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Pig

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A young swine

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Porcine

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Pertaining to swine

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Gilt

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A young female swine; until the first litter of pigs is farrowed

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Farrowing

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The act of parturition in swine

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Barrow

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Castrate pig

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Sow

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Mature female swine

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Shoat

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A young pig of either sex not fully grown and fattened for market

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Piglet

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A little pig

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Roasting Pig

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A pig weighing from about 50-75lbs

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Runt

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A term used to denote a piglet of poor size in relation to littermates

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Boar

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Sexually mature uncastrated male pig

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Bovine

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Pertaining to the ox or cow; of the family Bovidae

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Steer

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A male bovine castrated before the development of secondary sex characteristics

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Cow

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A mature female bovine

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Heiferette

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A female of the cattle species that has given birth but finished for market rather than saved as a breeding animal

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Nurse Cow

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A milk cow used to supply milk for nursing calves other than her own

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Vealer

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Calves fed for slaughter usually less than 4 months old; "fancy" veal may weigh as much as 400-420lbs at 16 weeks

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Herd

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A group of cattle/horses

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Heifer

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A female of the cattle species that has not borne a calf

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Bull

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A sexually mature uncastrated male bovine

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Calving

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Act of parturition in cattle

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Bullock

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Most commonly refers to young bulls grown and fattened in a similar manner to beef steers and heifers

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Bulling

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Refers to a cow in heat (estrus)

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Capon

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A male chicken that has had his testes removed

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Brood

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A group of baby chickens

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Drake

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An adult male duck

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Gander

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A mature male goose

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Cockerel

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A male chicken less than a year old

 

 

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Hen

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An adult avian female

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Rooster (cock)

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An adult male chicken

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Tom

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A male turkey

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Poultry

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Birds raised for meat or turkey

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Gosling

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Any young goose

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Cock

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A male chicken; rooster

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Fowl

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Any bird but usually refers to more mature poultry

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Broilers (fryers)

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Chickens (meat type) that typically are marketed at about 50 days of age and about 4.5 lbs

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Poult

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An immature turkey. After sex is determined, called a young tom (male) or a young hen (female)

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Equine

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Pertaining to a horse

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Mare

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A mature female horse

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Pony

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Any small horse in the U.S. that doesn't exceed 58 inches tall at maturity

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Stallion

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A mature male horse, not castrated

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Mule

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The cross resulting from mating a mare horse with a jack (male ass)

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Colt

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An immature male horse

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Burro

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A donkey (ass)

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Filly

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An immature young female horse; a young mare

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Jenny

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A female donkey (ass); a jennet

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Jack

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A male uncastrated donkey (ass)

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Foal

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A young horse or mule of either sex (usually unweaned)

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Gelding

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A castrated male horse

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Foaling

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Act of parturition in the horse

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Hinny

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The offspring of a stallion and a jenny (female jackass)

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Litter

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The pigs farrowed by a sow or the pups whelped by a bitch at one delivery period (farrow=give birth)

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Bitch

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A female dog

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Canine

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Pertaining to the dog family

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Whelp

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To give birth to, as by a female dog

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Hutch

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A group of rabbits

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Kindling

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Act of parturition in sheep

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Buck

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A male sheep, goat, rabbit, deer, or antelope

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Feeder

 

 

 

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A young animal which does not have a high finish (fatness) but shows evidence of ability to add weight economically

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Dam

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The female parent

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Half-sib

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A half-brother or half-sister

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Polled

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Having no horns

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Sire

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The male parent

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Weanling

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A recently weaned animal

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Stag

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A male animal castrated after the secondary sex characteristics have developed

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Scrub

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An animal inferior in either breeding or individuality

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Nonruminant

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An animal without a rumen (e.g., a chicken or pig; a monogastric animal)

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Get

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The offspring from a male animal

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Brood Animal

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Animal reserved for breeding and raising young

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Produce

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A female's offspring

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Stud

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A unit of selected animals kept for breeding purposes (abbreviated for stud horse; a stallion)

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Progeny

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The offspring of animals

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Yearling

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Refers to a male or female farm animal (especially cattle and horses during the first year and up to two years of age)

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