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Veterinary Assisting Fundamentals & Applications Ch. 1 Table 1-15
| TERM | MEANING |
|---|---|
| Bitch | intact female dog |
| Litter | group of newborn dogs |
| Puppy | young dog |
| Stud Dog | intact male dog |
| Whelping | the labor process of dogs |
| Kitten | young cat |
| Tom | intact male cat or intact male turkey |
| Queen | intact female cat |
| Queening | the labor process of cats |
| Buck | male rabbit or male goat or male deer |
| Doe | female rabbit or female goat or female deer |
| Kindling | labor process of rabbits and ferrets |
| Kit | young rabbit or young ferret |
| Lapin | neutered male rabbit |
| Gib | neutered male rabbit |
| Hob | intact male ferret |
| Jill | intact female ferret |
| Sprite | neutered female ferret |
| Boar | male guinea pig or male pig |
| Pup | young guinea pig or young mouse or young rat or young dog |
| Sow | female guinea pig or female pig |
| Dam | female rat or female mouse or term for a female parent that is breeding |
| Sire | male rat or male mouse or term for a male parent that is breeding |
| Chick | young parrot or young chicken |
| Cock | male parrot or male chicken |
| Flock | group of birds or group of chickens or group of turkeys or group of ducks |
| Hen | female parrot or female chicken or female turkey |
| Clutch | group of eggs |
| Poult | young turkey or young chicken |
| Capon | young castrated male chicken |
| Cockerel | immature male chicken |
| Pullet | immature female chicken |
| Rooster | male chicken |
| Drake | male duck |
| Duck | female duck |
| Duckling | young duck |
| Barrow | young castrated male pig |
| Farrowing | labor process of swine |
| Gilt | young female pig that has not farrowed |
| Piglet | young pig |
| Stag | male pig castrated after maturity |
| Colt | young male horse |
| Filly | young female horse |
| Foal | young male or female horse |
| Gelding | castrated male horse or castrated male llama |
| Hand | unit of measurement of a horse , each hand equal to 4 inches |
| Herd | group of horses |
| Horse | horse over 14.2 hands in height |
| Mare | intact adult female horse |
| Pony | horse under 14.2 hands in height |
| Stallion | intact adult male horse |
| Weanling | young horse under a year of age |
| Yearling | young horse between 1 and 2 years of age |
| Donkey | donkey crossed with a donkey |
| Hinny | cross of a male horse and female donkey |
| Jack | intact male donkey |
| Jenny | intact female donkey |
| Mule | cross of a male donkey and a female horse |
| Ewe | intact female sheep |
| Lamb | young sheep |
| Lambing | labor process of a sheep |
| Ram | intact male sheep |
| Wether | castrated male sheep or castrated male goat |
| Freshening | labor process of dairy-producing animals |
| Kid | young goat |
| Kidding | labor process of goats |
| Bull | intact male cow or intact male llama |
| Cow | intact female cow or intact female llama |
| Cria | young llama |
| Calf | young cow |
| Calving | labor process of of cows |
| Heifer | young female cow that has not been bred |
| Stag | mature castrated male cow |
| Steer | young castrated male cow |
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