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VMT chapter 5
All of Chapter 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Canine | Dog |
| Dog/stud | intact male dog |
| Bitch | intact female dog |
| Whelp / pup | young dog |
| Whelping | giving birth to whelps |
| Pack | group of dogs |
| Littler | multiple offspring born during same labor |
| Feline | Cat |
| Tom | intact male cat |
| Queen | intact female cat |
| Kitten | young cat |
| Queening | giving birth to kittens |
| Lagomorph | Rabbit |
| Buck | intact male rabbit |
| Doe | intact female rabbit / deer |
| Lapin | neutered male rabbit |
| Kit | young rabbit (blind and deaf) |
| Kindling | giving birth to rabbits |
| Herd | group of rabbits / goats |
| Ferret | Ferret |
| Hob | intact male ferret |
| Jill | intact female ferret |
| Gib | neutered male ferret |
| Sprite | spayed female ferret |
| Kit | young ferret |
| Kindling | given birth of ferrets |
| Cavy | Guinea pig |
| Boar | intact male guinea pig |
| Sow | intact female guinea pig |
| Gander | intact males goose |
| Murine | mouse or rat |
| Sire | intact male mouse/rat |
| Dam | intact female mouse/rat |
| Pup | young mouse/rat /guinea pigs |
| Gang | group of mice |
| Psittacine | Parrot also includes other bird with bills for cracking seeds |
| Cock | intact male parrot |
| Hen | intact female parrot / chicken / ratite |
| Chick | young parrot |
| Flock / company | group of parrot |
| Clutch | group of eggs |
| Rooster / cock | sexually mature male chicken |
| Poult | young turkey / chickens |
| Flock | group of turkey / chickens / ducks / ratites |
| Capon | young castrated male chicken or domestic fowl |
| Cockerel | immature male chicken |
| Pullet | immature female chicken |
| Chick | very young chicken |
| Goose | intact female goose |
| Gosling | young goose |
| Gaggle | group of geese |
| Drake | intact male duck |
| Anserine | goose/ duck |
| Duck | intact female duck |
| duckling | young duck |
| Ratite | Large, flightless bird (ostrich, emu, and rhea) |
| Rooster | intact male ratite |
| Chick ratite | young less than 6 months of age |
| Hatchling | ostrich up to 2 days old |
| Yearling | ostrich from 6 months to 12 months age / rhea 6- 18 months of age |
| Porcine | pig / swine |
| Boar swine | intact male pig |
| Sow | intact female pig |
| Barrow | male pig castrated when young |
| Stag | male pig castrated after maturity |
| Gilt | young female pig that has not farrowed |
| Pig / piglet | young pig |
| Farrowing | giving birth to pigs |
| Herd | group of pigs / cattle |
| Equine | horse, pony, donkey, and mules |
| Stallion | intact male equine >4 yrs old |
| Colt | intact male equine <4 yrs old |
| Mare | intact female equine >4 yrs old |
| Filly | intact female equine <4 yrs old |
| Gelding | castrated male equine |
| Ridgeling / Rig | cryptorchid equine (1 or 2 have not descended) |
| Foal | young equine of either sex |
| Weanling | young equine <1 yr old that has been weaned form its mother |
| Suckling | a still-nursing foal |
| Yearling | young equine between 1-2 yrs old (short closer to 1yr, long closer to 2 yrs) |
| Foaling | giving birth to equine |
| Herd | group of equine / cervidae |
| Band | group of house with one male |
| Brood mare | breeding female equine |
| Maiden mare | female equine never bred |
| Barren mare / open mare | intact female horse that was not bred or did not conceive the previous season |
| Wet mare | intact female horse that has foaled during the current breeding season |
| Agalactic mare | intact female horse not producing milk |
| Pony | equine between 8.2-14.2 hands when mature |
| Donkey | ass, burro |
| Jack / jack ass | intact male donkey |
| Jenny | intact female donkey |
| Ovine | sheep |
| Ram | intact male sheep |
| Ewe | intact female sheep |
| Wether | castrated male sheep |
| Lamb | young sheep |
| Hothouse lamb | young sheep less than 3 months of age |
| Spring lamb | young sheep 3-7 months of age |
| Yearling | sheep 1-2 yrs of age |
| Lambing | giving birth to sheep |
| Flock ovine | group of sheep |
| Caprine | goat |
| Buck | intact male goat / deer |
| Doe (caprine) | intact female goat |
| Wether | castrated male goat |
| Kid | young goat |
| Kidding (caprine) | giving birth to goats |
| Freshening / freshen | giving birth to dairy animals |
| Camelid | llama, alpaca, guanaco, vicuna |
| Bull / stallion | intact male llama, |
| Cow | intact female llama / elk / moose / caribou |
| Gelding | castrated male llama |
| Cria | young llama |
| Bovine | cattle |
| Bull | intact male cattle / elk / moose / caribou |
| Jumper bull | intact male cattle that has just reached maturity and is used for breeding |
| Cow (bovine) | intact female bovine that has given birth |
| Steer | male bovine castrated when young |
| Stag | male bovine castrated after maturity |
| Heifer | young female bovine that has not given birth |
| Calf (bovine) | young cattle |
| Calving | giving birth to cattle |
| Freshening / freshen | giving birth to dairy animals |
| Springing heifer / first calf heifer | young pregnant with her first calf |
| Freemartin | sexually imperfect (twin with one male and one female) |
| Cervidae | deer, elk, moose, caribou |
| Fawn | young deer |
| Heifer | young female elk / moose / caribou |
| Hinny | baby from a male horse and female donkey |
| Mule | baby from a male donkey and female horse |
| Dam | female parent |
| Sire | male parent |
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