Learn: ANEQ terminology

Breed

Animals within a species with a distinctive appearance, typically developed by deliberate selection

Breeding animal

Animal used to produce offspring, typically in a controlled and organized way

Dam

female parent

Breed:

Animals within a species with a distinctive appearance, typically developed by deliberate selection

Breeding animal:

Animal used to produce offspring, typically in a controlled and organized way

Dam:

Female parent

Flock:

Group of sheep or poultry

Herd:

Group of one livestock species, such as cattle, horses, swine, or goats

Litter:

Multiple offspring produced at one birth by a multiparous (litter-bearing )mammal; Twins/triplets are not an example of this; also called a brood

Livestock:

Domestic farm animals kept for productive purposes such as meat, milk, work, or wool

Market animal:

Livestock bred and raised for food consumption

Parity:

Number of times a female has produced offspring

Polled:

Naturally hornless

Sire:

Uncastrated male parent

Stag Male:

Cattle castrated after sexual maturity (often shows signs of masculinity at slaughter)

Weanling:

Animal that has recently been weaned(separated from mom)

Yearling:

Animal about one year of age

Bovine:

Relating to or resembling cattle

Bull:

Sexually mature, uncastrated male bovine

Calf:

Sexually immature young bovine

Calving:

Process of giving birth in cattle

Cow:

Mature female bovine that has already given birth

Fed steer or heifer:

Cow ready for slaughter at the end of a finishing period

Feeder steer or heifer:

Cattle ready to enter a feedyard and begin the finishing phase

Heifer:

Young female bovine which has not yet had a calf (usually less than 22-24 months old)

Steer:

Castrated male bovine

Ewe:

female sheep

Ewe lamb:

Female sheep under one year

Lamb:

Sheep less than one year of age

Lambing:

Process of giving birth in sheep

Lambkin:

Newborn lamb; also called a lambling

Ovine:

Relating to or resembling sheep

Ram:

Uncastrated male sheep at least one year old

Ram lamb:

Uncastrated male sheep under one year of age

Wether:

Castrated male sheep

Buck:

Sexually mature, uncastrated male goat; also called a billy

Buckling:

Young uncastrated male goat less than 1 year old

Caprine:

Relating to or resembling goats

Doe:

Female goat over one year; also called a nanny

Kid:

Young goat of either sex

Kidding:

Process of giving birth in goats

Wether:

Castrated male goat

Boar:

Sexually mature, uncastrated male swine

Farrowing:

Process of a sow giving birth

Feeder pig:

Young pig (40-70 lbs) that is ready to be finished up to market weight (260+ lbs)

Gilt:

Young female pig that has not farrowed (given birth)

Hog:

Mature swine, usually over 120 lb

Pig:

Young swine, usually under 120 lb; also called a piglet

Porcine:

Relating to or resembling pigs

Sow:

Mature female swine that has given birth

Swine:

Animals in the pig family

Hen:

Female bird over one year of age

Pullet:

Female chicken under one year of age (typically has not yet started laying eggs)

Laying:

Producing eggs - Act of giving birth in chickens

Rooster:

Uncastrated male bird over one year of age; also called a cock

Broiler:

Meat chicken about 1.5-3 months old at slaughter

Fryer:

Meat chicken slaughtered at 3-5 months of age

Capon:

Castrated male chicken slaughtered at 4-8 months

Chick:

Newly hatched or very young chicken

Cockerel:

Uncastrated male chicken under one year

Barrow:

Young, male swine castrated before sexual maturity

Galline:

Relating to or resembling chickens