General Animal Science Terms Part 1

Process in which the semen from the male is artificially placed in the female by a person

• Body score

• Artificial Insemination

• Gestation

• Pedigree

Mammals born in an undeveloped state, young that require parental care for long periods.

• Altricial

• Precocial

• Weanling

• Purebred

A numerical number from 1 to 9 given to an animal based on how fat or thin they are.

• Gestation

• Culling

• Body Score

• Precocial

The first milk produced by a female after parturition, it is rich in antibodies.

• Weanling

• Forage

• Colostrum

• Gestation

Determining which animals will be removed from the heard.

• Gestation

• Culling

• Weaned

• Zoonoses

Female parent

• Dam

• Sire

• Weanling

• Pedigree

Difficulty being born or giving birth

• Weaned

• Precocial

• Sire

• Dystocia

The component of the diet which has less energy and more fiber. This includes grass and hay.

• Concentrate

• Forage

• Silage

• Culling

A type of movement such as a walk, trot or gallop.

• Gestation

• Gait

• Purebred

• Pedigree

The length of time a female is pregnant, the time between egg implantation and birth.

• Gestation

• Weaned

• Ovulation

• Induced Ovulation