Reproduction Terms

Removing the testicles of the male to prevent breeding

• Castration
• Colostrum
• Gestation
• Lactation

First milk produced after a mammal gives birth that contains antibodies needed for immunity.

• Castration
• Colostrum
• Gestation
• Lactation

Time an animal is pregnant

• Castration
• Colostrum
• Gestation
• Lactation

When a female is receptive to be bred (also called ‘in heat’)

• Castration
• Estrus 
• Gestation
• Lactation

Length of a female’s cycle from one estrus to the next

• Castration
• Estrus 
• Estrus Cycle
• Lactation

Period of time that milk is secreted by the mammary glands

• Castration
• Estrus 
• Estrus Cycle
• Lactation

The act of giving birth

• Parturition
• Estrus 
• Estrus Cycle
• Ovulaiton

Age at which animals reach sexual maturity & begin to come into heat

• Parturition
• Estrus 
• Puberty
• Ovulaiton

Release of the egg cell from the ovary

• Parturition
• Estrus 
• Puberty
• Ovulaiton

produce ova 

• Oviducts 
• Ovary 
• Fertilization 
• Ovulaiton