Animal Science LEOCT

Calving

• A concrete platform that is raised above the parlor floor (pit). Cows enter in groups or individually and stand on the platform for milking.
• The term for cattle giving birth.
• Mature male hog.
• When cows harvest their own foliage.

Lambing

• Mature male cattle.
• The term for sheep giving birth.
• Castrated male sheep.
• Young female sheep.

Farrowing

• The term for hogs giving birth.
• The process when food caught in the Reticulum is regurgitated, re-chewed with saliva added, and swallowed again to be digested again in the Rumen.
• Mature female cattle.
• Breed that is a solid light to dark brown color, has a black nose and tongue, and has floppy ears. They sometimes wear bells on their necks so they don't get lost in foggy pastures (especially in the mountains). Originated in Switzerland in 4,000 B.C.

Hatching

• The term for chickens giving birth.
• A concrete platform that is raised above the parlor floor (pit). Cows enter in groups or individually and stand on the platform for milking.
• Mature female cattle.
• How many dozen eggs does the average American eat in one year?

Foaling

• Chickens that are kept for chick production.
• Heated buildings in which animals are kept in the winter.
• The term for horses giving birth.
• Removing dirty, undersized, oversized, misshapen, and cracked eggs from a batch of eggs is what?

Bovine

• Scientific name for sheep.
• Scientific name for cattle.
• The five most important areas of the animal industry that involve science and technology.
• The soft, feathery covering on young poultry.

Ovine

• Mature male sheep.
• Scientific name for sheep.
• The result of providing of care to animals so their needs are met and they do not suffer.
• Where the waste from digestion escapes.

Porcine

• The term for hogs giving birth.
• Group of cattle or horses.
• Scientific name for hogs.
• Smallest cattle breed with grayish to fawn and near white color. Originated in the Isle of Jersey in the English Channel.

Equine

• Scientific name for horses.
• Poultry that are hunted for food.
• Cattle breed that's angular, black & white, and larger. Most common breed in America. The most economically important breed of cattle because of their high production rate of milk. It originated in North Holland & Friesland and North Germany.
• The result of providing of care to animals so their needs are met and they do not suffer.

Bull

• The process when food caught in the Reticulum is regurgitated, re-chewed with saliva added, and swallowed again to be digested again in the Rumen.
• The most expensive disease dairy cattle have. It is a disease caused by bacteria that get inside the teat end and cause infection.
• Animals with one stomach compartment, such as humans.
• Mature male cattle.