Animal Science 1

Female cattle

Heifer (young female), Cow (mature female)

young Female swine

Gilt

Female sheep

Ewe (both young and mature female)

Female goat

Doe

Mature Female chicken

Hen

Mature Female horse

, Mare

Castrated young male cattle

Steer

Castrated young male swine

Barrow

Castrated young male sheep

Wether

Castrated young male goat

Wether

Castrated young male chicken

Capon

Castrated young male horse

Gelding

Uncastrated mature male cattle

Bull

Uncastrated mature male swine

Boar

Uncastrated mature male sheep

Ram

Uncastrated mature male goat

Buck (or Billy)

Uncastrated mature male chicken

Rooster

Uncastrated mature male horse

Stallion

Tall, large frame dairy cattle

dark brown or grey

high butterfat and protein content in milk.

Brown Swiss

Reddish Brown

High butterfat

lower quantity of milk compared to Holstein

Guernsey

The most popular dairy cattle breed

Large, black-and-white spotted

High quantity of milk

Holstein

Small frame

light grey

high butterfat

high milk to bw percentage

Jersey

Dual purpose

red and white roan color

Shorthorn

What Sector?

80 lbs at birth

weaned at 500 pounds

mature at 1200+lbs

calve at age 2

cow/calf

What is a cow’s gestation length

285 days

What cattle sector?

Feeds weaned calves to grow

usually used to clean up pasture

Stocker/yearling

What Sector?

cattle for beef production

start around 500-800lbs

finish around 1300 for slaughter

Feedlot

Beef cattle

Black, polled

known for carcass quality

Angus

Beef Cattle

Red with a white face

known for marbling and meat quality

Hereford

Beef cattle

Similar to Angus but red

Red Angus

Beef cattle

White and usually horned

large and muscular

Charolais

What are the compartments of a ruminants stomach

Rumen

Omasum

Abomasum

Reticulum

mostly grey

large droopy ears

excess skin over the skin and dulap

Brahman

Cross between angus and brahman

black or red, polled

half droopy ears

Brangus

Golden or black

large and muscular

Limousin

red, golden color

larger cattle

Gelbvieh

Red, white or black

larger frame

past was used for draft

Simmental

black, red-horned

Known for the marbling

preferred by Japan

Wagyu

Multicolored, long horns

Hardy and aggressive

Longhorns

Sheep

Black face, ears,legs (free from wool)

White wool

black fibers in the wool, low quality

Suffolk

Black face, ears,legs, head

wool hat

Sheep

similer to Suffolk, apart from wool hat

Hampshire

(Hamps have Hats)

White legs and face that are free from wool

Not seasonal breeders

medium size

Dorset

Not a breed

Types of sheep that have hair instead of wool

Hair sheep

Meat goat

Produce chevon (goat meat)

Boer Goat

Length of Broiler chicken maturity

only about 6 weeks

Broiler chicken weight when mature

4-6lbs

Broiler turkey Maturity length and weight

16-19 weeks

Hens:15lbs

Toms: 38lbs

brown and red feathers

brown eggs

Rhode Island Red

skinner frame

white feathers

white eggs

White Leghorn

white feathers

stocky muscular

broiler

Cornish Cross

Avian Influenza

A bird flu

ruffled feathers

spread by contact

black with 6 white points (face, feet, nose, tail)

Erect ears

Known for meat quality

Preferred by the Japanese

Bershire

Red

Droopy ears

Duroc

Black with a white belt around quarters

erect ears

Hampshire

white

downward eyes

large litter, known for mothering ability

Landrace

White

Erect ears

Growth rate, masculine

mothering ability

Yorkshire

Mature Female Swine

Sow

Young Female Chicken

Pullet

Young Female Horse

Filly