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Livestock Reproduction Study Guide

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Young female cattle   Heifer  
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Uncastrated Male Cattle   Bull  
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Castrated Male Cattle   Steer  
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Young female Chicken   Pullet  
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Young Male Chicken   Cockerel  
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Castrated Male Chicken   Capon  
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Younge female Sheep   Ewe  
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Young Male Intact Sheep   Ram  
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Act of giving birth   Parturation  
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Act of depositing semen in the female   Insemination  
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Outer most part of the female reproductive tract   Vulva  
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Gateway to the Uterus   Cervix  
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"Catcher's Mitt" that surrounds the Ovary   Infundibulum  
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Tube that connects the Infundibulum to the uterus   Oviduct  
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Act of a Sow giving birth   Farrowing  
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Act of a sheep giving birth   Lambing  
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Act of a cow giving birth   Calving  
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First milk   Colostrum  
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Female swine   Sow  
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Intact Male Swine   Boar  
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Young female swine   Gilt  
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Castrated Male Swine   Barrow  
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Castrated male sheep   Wether  
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The point when sperm and egg cell connect   Fertilization  
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Process of insemination of livestock using collected semen   Artificial Insemination  
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The part of the female anatomy between the vulva and the cervix   Vagina  
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The ovary is covered with these in different stages of growth   Follicles  
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What is left when a follicle has burst   Corpus Hemoragicum  
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Yelow Body   Corpus Luteum  
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What is left after the corpus hemoragicum   Corpus luteum  
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Female hormone   Estrogen  
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Male hormone   Testosterone  
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Gestation length in cattle   283 Days  
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Gestation length in Sheep   150 days  
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Gestation Length in Swine   115 days  
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Part of the Male anatomy in charge of producing spermatozoa   Testicles  
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Act of removing the testicles of a male   Castration  
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Bloodless type of Castration tool   Elastrator  
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A livestock mother   Dam  
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A Livestock father   Sire  
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Offspring   Progeny  
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The product of mating two animals of different breeds   Crossbred  
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The act of atracting a mate   Courtship  
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The part of the male anatomy that adds Fluid Volume to the semen   Accesory Glands  
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The part of the sperm cell that carries the DNA   Head  
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Essential to creating a successful breeding program   Good Records  
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The act of a male releasing semen   Ejaculation  
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The process of taking fertilized embryos and implanting them into several donor cows   Embryo Transfer  
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The cow that is superovulated to produce multiple embryos   Donor Cow  
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The cow that receives a embryo from the donor cow   Recipient Cow  
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The act of collecting the embryos from a donor cow   Flushing  
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The process of causing a cow to ovulate a large number of eggs (ovum) at the same time   Superovulation  
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The point where a male deposits semen in a female is always the same for all species   FALSE  
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Before semen can be used in Artificial insemination it must undergo what?   Evaluation  
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Sack which carries testicles   Scrotum  
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"S" shape in urethra allows for extension of penis outside of body for reproduction   Sigmoid Flexure  
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How many ml of semen does a bull produce per collection?   6 ml  
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How many ml of semen does a boar produce per collection?   250 ml  
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How many ml of semen does a ram produce per collection?   1 ml  
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Two branches of the uterus   Uterine horns  
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Time when a female is receptive to the male and will allow breeding to take place   Heat or Estrus  
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Sperm cell   Spermatazoa  
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Egg Cell   Ovum  
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Condition where one testicle failed to decend into the scrotum   Monorchid  
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Condition where both testicles failed to decend into the scrotum   Cryptorchid  
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Can a cryptorchid sire offspring?   No  
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Part of the male anatomy which houses the spermatazoa as they mature   Epididymis  
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Tube that begins at bladder and continues through penis   Urethra  
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Which glands add Volume to semen that provides nutrient, and cleans the urethra?   Accessory Glands  
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How much of the chromosome material is provided by the sire   1/2 of the total chromosomes  
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How much of the chromosome material is provided by the dam   1/2 of the total chromosomes  
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Zygotes divide in a process called   Mitosis  
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Conception or fertilization occurs in the   Uterus  
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Testicles are suspended away from the body to decrease what   Temperature  
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A gamete is also called a   Sex Cell  
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Sperm that are said to be able to move around freely   Motile  
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The process of the ovary releasing an ovum   Ovulation  
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Hormones are produced by what body system?   Endocrine system  
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The production of male sex cells is called what?   Spermatogenesis  
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Asexual reproduction involves how many parents?   One parent  
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Sexual reproduction involves how many parents?   Two parents  
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Which hormone besides estrogen is produced in the ovary?   Progesterone  
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FSH stands for   Follicle Stimulating Hormone  
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The length of time from conception to birth   Gestation  
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Chemicals made by the body which cause physical changes like estus and growth   Hormones  
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A disease that may be passed from one organism to another   Contagious Disease  
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An organism produced by Asexual reproduction   Clone  
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Sex Drive   Libido  
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The male organ that deposits semen in the female reproductive tract   Penis  
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Oviducts are also called   Fallopian Tubes  
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Young immature sheep   Lamb  
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The stage of the Corpus Luteum beginning to heal   Corpus Albicans  
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The act of mating   Copulation  
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The act of manually manipulating the reproductive tract   Palpation  
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The AI tool used in depositing semen in cattle   Pipette  
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The AI tool used in depositing semen in swine   Spirette  
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The fluid added to collected semen to extend the life of semen for Artificial Insemination   Extender  
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The four phases of the Estrous Cycle   Proestrus-Estrus-Metetrus-Diestrus  
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The pahse of the Estrous Cycle in which a female will allow mating to occur   Estrus  
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The action of an animal expelling a fetus before reaching the full gestation period   Abort  
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A growing animal inside the uterus that cannot live outside the mother   Fetus  
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A mature female horse   Mare  
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A Mature Male Horse   Stallion  
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A male animal used in the collection of semen or breeding   Stud  
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An intact male bull that has been surgically altered to be unable to breed a cow, used as a teaser bull   Gomer Bull  
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Female Goat   Doe  
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Male Goat   Buck  
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Castrated male Goat   Wether  
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Accessory Glands   Cowper's Gland-Prostate Gland-Seminal Vessicles  
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The process of collecting embryos form a donor cow to a recipient cow   Embryo Transfer  
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