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Agriscience Unit 30
Agriscience Unit 30 Dairy and Livestock Management
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mammal | milk-producing animal |
| veal | young calves or the meat from young calves |
| calf | young member of the cattle family |
| colostrum | first milk produced by mammals; high in antibodies |
| heifer | female animal of the cattle family that has not given birth |
| cow | female of the cattle family that has given birth |
| draft | animals used for work |
| bull | male animal of the cattle family |
| steer | castrated male member of the cattle family |
| implant | a substance placed under the skin and slowly absorbed to improve growth of animals |
| pork | meat from swine |
| sow | a mature female pig that has given birth |
| gilt | female of the swine family that has not given birth |
| boar | male animal of the swine family |
| farrow | giving birth in the swine family |
| wool | modified hair obtained from sheep and some other animals. It is a fiber with good insulating qualities that is used to make cloth. |
| lamb | member of the sheep family younger than 1 year; also, meat from young sheep |
| mutton | meat from mature sheep |
| ewe | female animal of the sheep family |
| ram | male member of the sheep family |
| mohair | hair from Angora goats used to make a shiny, heavy, woolly fabric |
| chevon | meat from goats |
| lactation | period when mammals are producing milk |
| kid | young goat |