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Agriscience Unit 30
Agriscience Unit 30 Dairy and Livestock Management
Term | Definition |
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mammal | milk-producing animal |
veal | young calves or the meat from young calves |
calf | young member of the cattle family |
colostrum | first milk produced by mammals; high in antibodies |
heifer | female animal of the cattle family that has not given birth |
cow | female of the cattle family that has given birth |
draft | animals used for work |
bull | male animal of the cattle family |
steer | castrated male member of the cattle family |
implant | a substance placed under the skin and slowly absorbed to improve growth of animals |
pork | meat from swine |
sow | a mature female pig that has given birth |
gilt | female of the swine family that has not given birth |
boar | male animal of the swine family |
farrow | giving birth in the swine family |
wool | modified hair obtained from sheep and some other animals. It is a fiber with good insulating qualities that is used to make cloth. |
lamb | member of the sheep family younger than 1 year; also, meat from young sheep |
mutton | meat from mature sheep |
ewe | female animal of the sheep family |
ram | male member of the sheep family |
mohair | hair from Angora goats used to make a shiny, heavy, woolly fabric |
chevon | meat from goats |
lactation | period when mammals are producing milk |
kid | young goat |