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Livestock Terminology

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  • True or False. Capon is meat from a young goat.
    False
  • meat from a young goat
    chevon
  • a mature male chicken
    rooster
  • True or False. Meat from cattle less than one year of age is called veal.
    True
  • meat from cattle less than 1 year of age
    veal
  • A immature female of cattle?
    Heifer
  • A castrated male of equine?
    Gelding
  • True or False. The term for giving birth in pigs is foaling.
    False
  • A castrated male of swine?
    Barrow
  • A intact male of swine?
    Boar
  • A intact male of cattle?
    Bull
  • What is the meat "mutton"?
    Is from a sheep older then one year of age.
  • A mature female of swine
    Sow
  • term for anything relating to birds
    avian
  • A mature female of cattle?
    Cow
  • meat from swine
    pork
  • an intact male sheep?
    Ram
  • True or False. If a cow has a calf and it is female, then the baby would be called a heifer.
    True
  • A intact male of equine?
    Stallion
  • A immature female of swine?
    Gilt
  • A immature male equine up to 2 or 3 years of age?
    Colt
  • A castrated male of cattle?
    Steer
  • What is the meat "lamb"?
    is form a sheep under the age of one year old
  • True or False. Wether is a term for a castrated male in both goats and sheep.
    True
  • True or False. Ovine is the term for things relating to cattle.
    False
  • a generic term for goat offspring of either sex, under 12 months of age
    Kid
  • a castrated male chicken
    capon
  • a mature female sheep over 12 months of age
    Ewe
  • a mature female goat over 12 months of age
    Doe
  • an immature female chicken
    Pullet
  • a mature female chicken (or other poultry)
    hen
  • a castrated male goat/sheep of any age / intact
    wether
  • A immature female of equine?
    filly
  • A mature female of equine?
    Mare
  • meat from cattle
    beef