Reproduction
What is the female hormone that causes estrus?
Estrogen
What are the small fingerlike projections that line the walls of the small intestine; they increase the absorption area.
Villi
What is the genetic make-up of an animal?
Genotype
What is an intact male bovine called?
Bull
What is the afterbirth called?
Placenta
What term is used to describe reaching sexual maturity?
Puberty
What is the third compartment of the ruminant digestive system; excess water is removed from the food material?
Omasum
What is the appearance of an animal called?
Phenotype
Removal of the testicles is called what?
Castration
Female cattle that haven't had a calf
heifer
What is the first milk produced by a cow called?
Colostrum
What is the first part of the large intestine? In horses, partial digestion of fibrous feeds takes place here.
Functional Cecum
Having different gene pairs: Bb is called what?
Heterozygous
A stomach compartment that filters foreign objects out of feed to protect the animal.
Reticulum
A long tube-like organ where digestion and absorption take place.
Small intestine
What term is used to describe calving problems?
Dystocia
What is the storage area in the poultry digestive system where food is softened?
Crop
Having the same gene pairs: BB is known as what?
Homozygous
The true stomach of the ruminant
Abomasum
A large stomach that contains microorganisms that breakdown high fibrous feeds
Ruman
What is a term that is also known as calving?
Parturition
What acts as the teeth in fowl. A muscular stomach that grinds the food.
Gizzard
The process by which digested nutrients are taken into the bloodstream?
absorption
Also known as heat
Estrus
A long tube-like organ where digestion and absorption take place.
Small intestine