Vet Tech Terminology chapter 5

Canine

Dog

Dog/stud

Intact male dog

Bitch

Intact female dog

Whelp (wehlp) or pup

Young dog

Whelping

Giving birth to whelps

Pack

Group of dogs

Litter

Multiple offspring born during same labor

Feline

Cat

Tom

Intact male cat

Queen

Intact female cat

Kitten

Young cat

Queening

Giving birth to kittens

Lagomorph

Rabbit

Buck

Intact male rabbit

Doe

Intact female rabbit

Lapin

Neutered male rabbit

Kit

Young (blind, deaf) rabbit

Kindling

Giving birth to rabbits

Herd

Group of rabbits

Hob

Intact male ferret

Jill

Intact female ferret

Gib

Neutered male ferret

Sprite

Spayed female ferret

Kit

Young ferret

Kindling

Giving birth to ferrets

Cavy

Guinea pig

Boar

Intact male guinea pig

Sow

Intact female guinea pig

Pup

Young guinea pig

Murine

Mouse/rat

Sire

Intact male mouse or rat

Dam

Intact female mouse or rat

Pup

Young mouse or rat

Gang

Group of mice

Psittacine

Parrot

Cock

Intact male parrot

Hen

Intact female parrot

chick

Young parrot

Tom

Intact male turkey

Hen

Intact female turkey

Poult

Young turkey

Flock

Group of turkeys

Clutch

Group of eggs

Turkey/chicken

Poultry

Rooster/cock

Sexually mature male chicken

Hen

Intact female chicken

Capon

Young castrated male chicken or domestic fowl

Cockerel

Immature male chicken

Pullet

Immature female chicken

Poult

Young chicken

Chick

Very young chicken

Flock

Group of chickens

Intact

Sexually functional

Altered

Sexually nonfunctional

Dam

Female parent

Sire

Male parent

Gander

Intact male goose

Goose

Intact female goose

Gosling

Young goose

Gaggle

Group of geese

Drake

Intact male duck

Duck

Intact female duck

Duckling

Young duck

Ratite

Large, flightless bird

Rooster

Intact male ratite

Hen

Intact female ratite

Hatchling

Ostrich up to 2 days old

Chick

Young ratite (usually less than 6 months of age)

Yearling

Ostrich from 6 months to 12 months of age. Rhea from 6 months to 18 months of age

Flock

Group of ratites

Porcine

pig/swine

Boar

Intact male pig

Sow

Intact female pig

Barrow

Male pig castrated when young

Stag

Male pig castrated after maturity

Gilt

Young female pig that has not farrowed

Pig/piglet/shoat

Young pig

Farrowing

Giving birth to pigs

Herd

Group of pigs

Group of birds

Flock, flight, pod or volery of birds

Pandemonium

Group of parrots

Murder

Group of crows

Dole/flight

Group of doves

Brace, bunch, flock or team

Group of ducks

Aerie/convocation

Group of eagles

Gaggle

Group of geese

Colony

Group of gulls

Cast

Group of hawks

Charm

Group of hummingbirds

Band

Group of blue jays

Watch

Group of nightingales

Ostentation

Group of peacocks

Bevy or covey

Group of quails

Equine

Horse, pony, donkey, mule

Stallion

Intact male equine >4 years old

Colt

Intact male equine <4 years old

Mare

Intact female equine >4 years old

Filly

Intact female equine <4 years old

Gelding

Castrated male equine

Ridgeling/rig

Cryptorchid equine (One or both testicles have not descended from the abdomen)