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Part 3 vocabulary
Week 13 to 19 vocab
Term | Definition |
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Gregarious | Strong flocking instinct |
Conformation | The way an animal is put together |
Condition/Finish | Fat covering |
Soundness | Freedom from body defects |
Prolific | Producing many offspring |
Dystocia | Difficulty during birth/delivery |
Scours | Diarrhea |
Temperament | Personality - how it behaves |
Weaned | To take away from the mother; to stop nursing |
Creep feeding | Supplemental feed given to young animals, usually high in protein; mature animals are kept out of feeders |
Anthelmintic | Any drug used for expelling or killing stomach or intestinal worms |
Synthesize | Combining a number of things together to create something else |
Hybrid | An animal produced from the crossing or mating of two animals of different breeds to get a desired result |
Puberty | Age of sexual maturity; capable of sexual reproduction |