Livestock Terms

Mature female horse

• Mare
• Cow
• Heifer
• Gilt

Castrated male swine

• Gilt
• Barrow
• Calf
• Bull

Mature female goat or rabbit

• Buck

• Doe

• Kid

• Pullet

Young bovine

• Heifer

• Steer

• Calf

• Cow

What is the term for a baby horse?

• Foal

• Colt

• Filly

• Mare

What is the term for a young male pig?

• Boar

• Shoat

• Sow

• Barrow

Adult male horse

• Stallion
• Equine
• Mare
• Steer

Adult male cattle- not castrated

• Cow
• Bull
• Boar
• Gilt

Meat bird, usually less than 12 weeks old

• Broiler

• Poult

• Chick

• Rooster

Mature female bovine

• Cow

• Heifer

• Calf

• Steer