ANS3006: General terminology Module 1

Bovine

Relating to or resembling cattle

Caprine

Relating to or resembling goats

Equine

Relating to or resembling horses

Gallinaceous

Relating to or resembling chickens

Ovine

Relating to or resembling sheep

Porcine

Relating to or resembling swine

Barrow

Castrated male

boar

Intact male swine

Bull

Intact male bovine

Calf

immature bovine of either gender

Colt

Immature male horse

Cow

Mature female bovine that has given birth

Filly

Immature female horse

Foal

Young horse of either gender

Gilt

Immature female swine that has not given birth

Heifer

Immature female bovine that has not given birth

Intact

Male that has not been castrated

Mare

Female horse

Piglet

Young swine of either gender

Sow

Mature female swine that has given birth

Stallion

Mature male horse

Steer

Castrated male bovine

Contemporaries

Group of animals of the same sex and similar breeding raised under similar environmental conditions

Dam

Mother

Feeder calf/pig

Weaned and ready for finishing

Sire

a male parent

Weanling

A newly weaned animal

Yearling

animal approximately 1 year old

Cull

Remove from the herd

Dry lot

Confined area usually equipped with feed troughs, automatic waterers, and shelter

Extensive

Production system using low inputs and management to minimize cost of production

Finish

Degree of fatness of an animal

Finishing

Final feeding stage when animals are readied for market

Grazing Pressure

Stress place on plant populations from grazing animals

Husbandry

Agricultural practice of breeding and raising livestock

Intensive

Production system using high inputs and close management to increase productivity

Pasture

Area devoted to grazing forage, usually planted grasses and legumes

Range

Native vegetation, area usually not suited for growing crops

Wean

remove from mother; stop nursing

Band

Group of horses

Flock

Group of sheep or chickens

Herd

Group of cattle, swine, or goats

Stocking Rate

Number of animals/unit area