Animal Terminology

This term means the male cannot reproduce, their testicles have been removed.

• Intact

• Castrated

• Immature

• Mature

Term for when a female rabbit is giving birth.

• Foaling
• Kidding
• Farrowing
• Kindling

Term for both a male goat and sheep who are castrated.

• Billy
• Wether
• Lapin
• Gilt

An Intact male swine....

• Gelding
• Sow
• Ram
• Boar

A male chicken who is castrated:

• Capon
• Rooster
• Gelding
• Kit

When a female horse is foaling, she is doing what?

• Eating
• Giving birth
• Running in pasture
• Nursing her young

When a female goat is giving birth to a ______, it is called __________.

• kit, kindling
• lamb, lambing
• kid, kidding
• foal, foaling

What is the name for an immature female or mature female rabbit?

• Sow
• Mare
• Doe
• Gelding

The term for a male swine who cannot reproduce (castrated)....

• Boar
• Gelding
• Barrow
• Wether

What is the correct term for a male deer, male goat and a male rabbit?

• Boar

• Bull

• Stallion

• Buck