Livestock Animal Terms & Scientific Names

Classification of cattle from India, etc.

• Bos Indicus

• Bos Taurus

• Bos C. McBosserton

• Bos Indicutaurus Indicator

Classification of cattle from Europe

• Bos Taurus

• Bos Indicus

• Bossy McBosserton

• Bos Indicataurus ... Rex

Process of giving birth in cattle

• calving

• lambing

• farrowing

• hatching

Heifer

• a female bovine that has not had a calf - aged between six months and three years old

• a castrated male bovine more than one year old

• a female bovine that has had a calf, or is more than three years old

• scientific name which refers to cattle or buffalo

bull calf

• male calf

• female calf

heifer calf

• male calf

• female calf

Dam

• female parent

• male parent

• the process of separation of young animals from their mothers when they are no longer dependent upon them for survival

• a male animal that has not been castrated and is capable of breeding

Sire

• female parent

• male parent

• a male animal that has not been castrated and is capable of breeding

• a male animal that has been castrated and is no longer capable of breeding

Horse

• Balaenoptera physalus

• Bubalus mindorensis

• Pithecophaga jefferyi

• Equus caballus

Castrated male swine

• Gilt
• Barrow
• Calf
• Bull