Directional Terminology
This is towards the head end of the body.
What is Cranial?
This breed is a beef breed with superior marbling ability, naturally polled, and ALWAYS black.
What is Angus?
These goats have little elf-like ears.
What is LaMancha?
Often confused with the Chester White due to their white coloring, the _____ have larger, droopier ears that almost go down to its snout, and have much longer bodies due to extra vertebrae.
What is American Landrace?
This is an intact male sheep.
What is a Ram?
This pertains to the abdomen and is the opposite of dorsal.
What is ventral?
This breed is used for beef and has long ears, lots of loose skin, a hump over the withers, and can be gray or red.
What is Brahman?
Often confused with Hampshire sheep, the ____ sheep have NO wool cap and have hair on their legs, NOT wool.
What is Suffolk?
This is the only red pig, and has droopy ears.
What is Duroc?
____ is a castrated male sheep and a castrated male goat.
What is a Wether?
____ pertains to a singular side.
What is lateral?
These dairy cows can be either almost all red or white, with small jagged looking red spots that are much darker than the Guernsey's spots.
What is Ayrshire?
This goat is known for mohair production.
What is Angora?
The ____ is black with a white belt that MUST encompass the front legs and shoulders to be registered, and has erect ears.
What is Hampshire?
This is the act of giving birth.
What is Parturition?
To be situated near the surface is called _____.
What is superficial?
This dairy cow is the most popular milking cow that is known for the large volume of milk it produces, and it is black and white.
What is Holstein?
____ are very short, compact sheep with grey to mouse brown faces and lower legs, with white wool covering the body.
What is Southdown?
Unlike the Hampshire that has a white belt, the ____ is black with a white snout, boots, and tail, and erect ears.
What is Berkshire?
A young female pig is called a ____.
What is a Gilt?
Part of the limb that is closest to the body.
What is proximal?
These beef cattle are red/brown/straw and white, but unlike Herefords, their dewlap is solid not white, and they have red/color around their eyes as well unlike the Hereford.
What is Simmental?
This goat has long, floppy ears and a roman nose; Alpine goats have similar coloring, but have shorter ears.
What is Nubian?
This pig is white with ERECT ears.
What is Yorkshire?
This is an intact male pertaining to cattle.
What is a Bull?