Terms
producing milk for one's offspring
lactation
Is a pig a monogastric or ruminant
Monogastric
Adult male uncastrated bovine
bull
birthing terms for swine
farrowing
name 2 maternal chicken breeds
white leghorn, rhode island red, plymouth rock, ameraucana,
the act of giving birth
parturition
sanitize, quarantine, vaccinate
Mature female sheep
Ewe
gestation length of sheep
150 days
name 2 terminal cattle breed
angus, simmental, charlois, hereford
Pregnancy including conception to birth
Gestation
3 steps of piglet processing
needle teeth, castrate, dock tails, ear ID,
Castrated male swine
Barrow
birthing term for cattle
calving
name 2 maternal swine breeds
landrace, chester white, yorkshire
heating milk to kill bacteria
Pasteurization
6 essential nutrients
water, minerals, vitamins, fats, carbs, protein
Mature male goat
Billy/Buck
birthing term for sheep
lambing
Name 2 maternal traits
Milk yield, mothering ability, body size, etc
breaking apart fat globules in milk to stop cream from separating
Homogenization
2 reasons we castrate males in the livestock industry
boar taint, aggression, focus energy on growing not breeding
Mature female poultry
Hen
gestation length of cattle
9 months
Name 2 terminal traits
yield, muscle, body frame, marbling, feed efficiency, etc