General
A stock of animals within a species having a distinctive appearance and typically having been developed by deliberate selection.
Breed
A newly hatched or a very young chicken.
Chick
What is the scientific name for cattle?
Bovine
A hog is...
a mature swine (usually weighing more than 120 pounds).
Goats and Sheep are BOTH _____.
Ruminants
A grouping of a species of livestock (sheep, poultry).
Flock
Male bird over one year of age.
A _____ is a sexually immature young bovine.
Calf
What is a young, castrated male swine?
Barrow
What is the scientific name for sheep?
Ovine
A group of a single species of animal (cattle, horses, swine, goats).
Herd
A hen is a _______ bird over one year of age.
Female
A young female bovine which has not yet had a calf.
Heifer
True or False? A gilt is a young female pig.
True
What is the scientific name for goats?
Caprine
Livestock are ______ farm animals kept for productive purposes (meat, milk, work, wool).
Domestic
What is a pullet?
Female bird under one year of age.
A _______ male bovine is called a steer.
Castrated
A sexually mature male swine.
Boar
Define wether.
Castrated male sheep.
Multiple offspring produced at one birth by a multi-parous mammal. Also called brood.
Litter
True or False? A broiler is a chicken that is six to 13 weeks of age used for egg production.
False. Meat production.
Name at least 3 products or byproducts from cattle.
Milk, beef, leather, tallow, hide.
A sow is a mature ______ swine.
Female
When a goat is giving birth, this is called ____ing.
Kid