Livestock Industry Terminology

process in which sperm is placed into the reproductive tract of a female animal with the intent to impregnate

• Artificial Insemination

• CAFO

• Marbling

• Rendering

Management approach in which supply chains are united through a single owner; each supply chain produces a different product or service for the overall goal

• Vertical Integration

• Lard

• Tallow

• Crossbreeding

Process by which an embryo is taken from one female’s uterus and placed in another to achieve pregnancy in the other female

• Embryo Transfer

• CAFO

• Domestication

• Rendering

fat rendered from beef carcasses used to make products such as soap and lubricants

• Marbling

• Artificial Insemination

• Tallow

• Lard

process of converting animal tissue into value-added material

• Crossbreeding

• Domestication

• Rendering

• Embryo Transfer

stands for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations; are largely operated facilities which raise animals in a confined area and provide management over the animals

• Domestication

• CAFO

• Lard

• Marbling

act of breeding different breeds of the same species together to form a hybrid breed

• Purebreeding

• Crossbreeding

• Marbling

• Rendering

adaptation of animals for the advantage of humans through breeding and captivity

• Domestication

• Lard

• Marbling

• Artificial Insemination

intramuscular fat deposits within the muscle fibers

• Rendering

• Embryo Transfer

• Marbling

• CAFO

commonly refers to animals which pull loads

• Draft

• Marbling

• Rendering

• Vertical Integration