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Module Title

Description (Department, Course Content etc)

Prof. L. T. Egbeyale

1
APH 202
INTRODUCTION TO ANIMAL PRODUCTION

Terminologies in Animal
Husbandry
Term for each Animal
•Cattle – Bovine
•Sheep – Ovine
•Goat – Caprine
•Pig – Swine
•Poultry – Avian
•Horse - Equine
GENERAL TERMS IN ALL LIVESTOCK
Breed: A group of animals related by decent and are similar in most of the
characters like general appearance, size, colours, horns it is called breed.

Environment: The sum of all external influences to which an individual is exposed.

Gene: It is the unit of inheritance, which is transmitted in gametes or reproductive


cells. It is the physical basis of heredity.

Genotype: The complete genetic make up of an individual- or its combination of


genes it possesses which influences its characters. Several different genotypes may.

Phenotype: The external appearance or some other overall or measurable


characteristics of an individual or it is the actual expression of the character as
determined by his genes and the environment in which he has lived.
Cryptorchids: The failure of testes to descend fully into the scrotum.

Foetus: A term for developing young one during last quarter of


pregnancy.

Sire: The male parent

Dam: Female parent

Yearling – an animal that is one year of age but not yet two.
Lactation period: The period after parturition in which the animal
produces milk.

Dry period: The period after lactation in which the animal does not
produce milk.

Culling: removal or killing of animal that are not productive


Reproductive terms
Service: The process in which mature male covers the female i.e. in heat
with the object to deposit spermatozoa in the female genital tract.

Conception: The successful union of male and female gametes and


implantation of zygote.

Gestation: It is the condition of female when developing foetus is present in


the uterus.

Gestation period: The period from the date of service (actual conception) to
the date of parturition is termed as parturition period or pregnancy period.

Parturition: The act of giving birth to young one.


Parturition terms

Cattle - Calving
Sheep – Lambing
Goat – Kidding
Pig – Farrowing
Rabbit – Kindling
Poultry - Hatching
Animal Meat

Veal: The meat of calf below the age of 3 months.

Beef: The meat of cattle past calf stage.

Pork: The meat of swine.

Mutton: The meat of sheep

Chevon: The meat of goat


Terms for different categories of cattle
Calf: Young one of cattle below the age of six
months

Heifer: The younger female of cattle above age


of six months to first calving.

Cow: The adult female of cattle from the date


of first calving

Bull: uncastrated male beef/dairy animal.

Bullock: It is the castrated male of cattle used


for work.
Herd: It is a group of cattle.

Freemartin – female born twin to a bull calf, usually sterile.

Dogie – a motherless calf

Calving interval: The period between two successive calving


Terms for different categories of Sheep
• Ram – uncastrated male sheep.

• Ewe – female sheep.

• Lamb – young sheep.

• Ram Lamb – male sheep less than 12 months old.

• Ewe Lamb – female sheep less than 12 months


old.
•Wether – castrated
male sheep

•Flock: It is a group of
sheep.

•Hogg: A young
yearling sheep before
shearing.
Terms for different categories of Goats
Buck: Matured Male

Doe: Matured Female

Kid: New born

Goatling: Young female


Buckling: Young male

Wether: Castrated male

Flock: It is a group of Goat


Terms for different categories of Pigs
• Barrow – castrated male swine.

• Boar – uncastrated male swine.

• Sow – female swine that has had a litter

• Gilt – female swine that has not had a litter.

• Pigglet – young pig or offspring

• In-sow: Pregnant sow

• Weaner- Just weaned pig


Terms for different categories of Rabbits

Kit: Young rabbit

Buck: Adult male rabbit

Doe: Adult female rabbit

Lapin: Castrated male rabbit


Terms for different categories of Horse
Foaling: act of giving birth

Foal: young horse

Colt – A young male horse or pony, generally under 3 years of age.

Filly – female horse less than two years of age that has not had a foal.

Mare: Adult female horse

Stallion: Adult male horse


Gelding – castrated male horse

Hinny – offspring of a stallion and a female donkey.

Jack – A male donkey.

Jenny – A female donkey, also called Jennet


Terms for different categories of Poultry
• Poultry comprises of
domestic fowls/chicken
Turkey
Geese
Duck
Quail
Guinea fowl
Pigeons
Terms for different categories of Poultry

Chick: young chicken

Poult: young turkey

Keet: young guinea fowl

Duckling: young duck

Gosling: Geese
Fertility: the ability of an animal to reproduce. In the case of poultry
it is the percent of eggs set which develops an embryo

Set: the acts of placing eggs under a hen or in an incubator

Hatch: the emergency of chick from the egg shell

Fowl: any vertebrate containing wings and feathers

Hatchability: the percent of eggs set which produce a living chick


Cockerel: young male bird/chicken

Pullet: young hen

Brooding: the process of caring for young chicks

Point of lay: age at which pullet begins to lay

Cock/Rooster: a male chicken that has completed one breeding season

Layer: bird that has started laying eggs


Broiler – young chickens raised for meat

Roasters – mature chickens used for meat

Capon – castrated male chicken

Gander: adult male goose

Tom: Adult male turkey

Drake: Mature male duck


Concentrate: Feed that is low in fibre but high in total digestible nutrients

Roughage: Feed that is high in fibre but low in total digestible nutrients

Ad-libitum: when animal has access to feed at all times

Ruminant herbivore: compartmented stomach animal e.g. cattle, sheep


& goat

Non ruminant herbivore: simple stomach ruminant e.g. Horse, rabbit

Non herbivore: Monogastrics

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