Animal Science
 Band---a group of goats
 Barrow---castrate pig
 Billy (goat)---a male goat
 Bitch---a female dog
 Boar---sexually mature un-castrated male pig
 Bovine---Pertaining to the ox or cow; of the family, Bovidae
 Broilers (fryers)---Chickens (meat type) that typically are marketed at about 50
days of age and about 4.5 pounds
 Brood---A group of baby chickens
 Brood animal---Animal reserved for breeding and raising young
 Buck---A male sheep, goat, rabbit, deer or antelope
 Buck kid---An immature male goat
 Bull---A sexually mature un-castrated male bovine
 Bulling---Refers to a cow in heat (estrus)
 Bullock---Most commonly refers to young bulls grown and fattened in a similar
manner to beef steers and heifers
 Burro---A donkey (ass)
 Calving---Act of parturition in cattle
 Canine---Pertaining to the dog family
 Capon---Male chicken that has had its testes removed
 Cock---A male chicken; rooster
 Cockerel---A male chicken less than a year old
 Colt---An immature male horse
 Cow---A mature female bovine
 Dam---The female parent
 Doe---An adult female rabbit, goat, or deer
 Doe kid---An immature female goat
 Drake---An adult male duck
 Drove---A group of swine
 Equine---Pertaining to a horse
 Ewe---A female sheep
 Farrowing---Act of parturition in swine
 Feeder---A young animal which does not have a high finish (fatness) but shows
evidence of ability to add weight economically
 Filly---An immature young female horse; a young mare
 Flock---A group of sheep
 Foal---A young horse or mule of either sex (usually unweaned)
 Foaling---Act of parturition in the horse
 Fowl---Any bird, but usually refers to more mature poultry
 Gander---A mature male goose
 Gelding---A castrated male horse
 Get---The offspring from a male animal
 Gilt---A young female swine; until the first litter of pigs is farrowed
 Gosling---Any young goose
 Half-sib---A half-brother or half-sister
 Heifer---A female of the cattle species that has not borne a calf
 Heiferette---A female of the cattle species that has given birth but finished for
market rather than saved as a breeding animal
 Hen---An adult avian female
 Herd---A group of cattle or horses
 Hinny---The offspring of a stallion and a jenny (female jackass)
 Hutch---A group of rabbits
 Jack---A male un-castrated donkey (ass)
 Jenny---A female donkey (ass); a jenner
 Kid---A young goat or antelope
 Kidding---Act of parturition in the goat
 Kindling---Act of parturition in the rabbit
 Lamb---A sheep less than 12 months of age (ex. ewe, lamb, ram)
 Lambing---Act of parturition in sheep
 Litter---The pigs farrowed by a sow or the pups whelped by a bitch at one
delivery period (to farrow means to give birth to pigs)
 Mare---A mature female horse
 Mule---The cross resulting from mating a mare horse with a jack (male ass)
 Nanny---A female goat
 Non-ruminant---An animal without a rumen (Ex. a chicken or a pig; a
monogastric animal)
 Nurse cow---A milk cow used to supply milk for nursing calves other than her
own
 Ovine---An animal of the subfamily Ovidae; sheep, goats
 Pig---A young swine
 Piglet---A little pig
 Polled---Having no horns
 Pony---Any small horse in the United States that doesn’t exceed 58 inches tall
at maturity
 Porcine---Pertaining to swine
 Poult---An immature turkey. After sec is determined, called a young tom
(male) or a young hen (female)
 Poultry---Birds raised for meat and eggs
 Produce---A female’s offspring
 Progeny---The offspring of animals
 Ram---A male sheep (also called a buck)
 Roaster---A young chicken (meat type) weighing more than 4.5 pounds
 Roasting pig---A pig weighing from about 50 to 75 pounds
 Rooster (cock)---An adult male chicken
 Runt---A tern used to denote a piglet or poor size in relation to littermates
 Scrub---An animal inferior in either breeding or individuality
 Shoat---A young pig of either sex not fully grown and fattened for market
 Sire---The male parent
 Sow---Mature female swine
 Stag---A male animal castrated after the secondary sex characteristics have
developed
 Stallion---A mature male horse, not castrated
 Steer---A male bovine castrated before the development of secondary sex
characteristics
 Stud---A unit of selected animals kept for breeding purposes
 Tom---A male turkey
 Tup---A ram
 Vealer---Calves fed for slaughter usually less than 4 months old; “fancy” veal
may weigh as much as 400 to 420 pounds at 16 weeks
 Weanling---a recently weaned animal
 Wether---A male sheep or goat castrated before sexual maturity
 Whelp---To give birth to, as by a female dog
 Yearling---Refers to a male or female farm animal (especially cattle and horses)
during the first year and up to two years of age