Terminology
Process of removing horns
Dehorning
Notch in the outside lower half of the right or left ear is a
1
How many days before an incubated egg hatches
18-21
Substance used to burn or destroy tissue by a chemical reaction
Caustics
To give birth
Parturition
Removal of the tail on an animal
Docking
Notches in the right ear of a pig refer to the
Litter number
Removal of the tip of the upper and lower mandible of poultry
Debeaking
Name 2 types of tools used for castration
Emasculator, Knife, elastrator, burdizzo
Hormone during birth that helps the cervix to dilate and increase contractions. It also aids in milk let down.
Oxytocin
Removing wool is referred to as?
Shearing
Notches in the left ear of a pig refer to the?
Pig Number
Dubbing
Soft membrane lining the hoof
Laminae
afterbirth
The removal of testicles is referred to as?
Castaration
Notch in the tip of the right ear of a pig is?
81
Castration of a male poultry
Caponizing
When a pair of chromosomes are not the same they are said to be
Heterozygous
Normal presentation of birth in beef sheep and goats
Anterior presentation or front feet and nose
Permanent mark on a animals hide or flesh
Branding
Ear Notch on the inside top half of the right ear of a pig
9
Baby chicks should be maintained at what temperature following hatching
100-102 degrees
An animals genetic makeup.
Genotype
Breach