Animal Classification and Terminologies PDF

ANIMAL CLASSIFICATION  Classification of common farm animals and their scientific names Common Name Scientific Name 1. Cattle Bos Taurus (Without humps and an origin from temperate coun...

ANIMAL CLASSIFICATION  Classification of common farm animals and their scientific names Common Name Scientific Name 1. Cattle Bos Taurus (Without humps and an origin from temperate countries Bos Indicus (Humped cattle and an origin from tropical countries 2. Sheep Ovis aries 3. Goat Capra hircus 4. Swine Sus scrofa 5. Horse Equus caballus 6. Donkey Equus asinus 7. Bufallo Bubalus bubalis POULTRY SPECIES Common name Scientific name Egg weight (g) Ave. Incubation Period (days) Chicken Gallus gallus/Gallus 58 21 domesticus Ducks Mallard Anas plathyrhynchos(itik) 80 – 83 28 Pekin Anas boschas 60 28 Muscovy Cairina moschata (bibi) 70 35 – 37 Turkey Meleagris gallopavo 85 28 Quail Coturnix coturnix 12 16 – 18 Pigeon Columba livia 17 18 Geese Cygnopsis cygnoides 200 30 -31 Swan Olor columbianus 285 35 Ostrich Struthio australis 1400 42 Peafowls Pavo cristatus 95 28 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 32 23 – 24 Guinea fowl Numida meleagris 45-46 26-28 COMMONLY USED TERMS IN ANIMAL SCIENCE 1. Parturition – the general term for giving birth of animals. Calving – the act of giving birth in cow. Farrowing – the act of giving birth in sow. Foaling – the act of giving birth in mare. Kidding – the act of giving birth in doe. Lambing – the act of giving birth for ewes. Kindling – the act of giving birth in rabbit. Conception – the act of fertilization. Dam – female parent. Fecundity – ability to give birth of offspring frequently. 5. Prolificacy – ability to give birth to numerous young at frequent interval. PROLIFIC ANIMAL NOT PROLIFIC 6. Fertility – ability to produce fertilizable ova and to provide proper environment for and initiating cell division and embryonic development; ability to produce large number of sperm capable of fertilization. BULL COW Gestation – pregnancy time from conception to birth. CONCEPTION PREGNANCY BIRTH Impotency – failure to copulate. Puberty – sexual maturity, as exhibited by first heat or ovulation. 10. Sire – the male parent. Sterility – inability to produce normal young.  12. Transmitting ability – the ability of an animal to pass on either good or bad traits to its progeny. Brahman bull Angus 13. Weaning – the process of separating the young from its dam. Weanling – young animal, after separating from its dam. 16. Culling – the act of removing undesirable animal from the herd or flocks. Broiler Layer Cull Selection – systematic picking – up of animals to be raised for a certain purposes. IDEAL BOAR IDEAL SOW Breed – a group of animals having a common origin and identifying traits (frequently color) which distinguished them as belonging to a certain group.  Breeding – the mating and production of offspring by animals. Brahman bull Brahman cow Brahman calf  A. Cattle and Carabao Bull – male breeding ox of any age. Carabull – male breeding carabao of any age Cow – mature female ox, one that has given birth. Caracow – mature female carabao, one that has given birth Calf – young ox of either sex, under 1 year of age. Young cattle Young bufallo Bull calf – young male calf under one year of age. Young male cattle Young male buffalo Bullock – usually a stag for draft purposes. Heifer – young female ox under the age of three years, usually one that has not yet given birth. Caraheifer – young female carabao under three years of age usually one that has not yet given birth. Steer – male ox castrated before secondary sex Stag – male ox castrated after sexual maturity. Proven sire – bull about whom one have sufficient unselected information to indicate his transmitting Quality and ability. active Sperm cell Brahman bull Brahman cow Brahman calf  Horse Broodmare – a female horse used for breeding purposes. Colt – young male horse usually up to the age of three years. Equitation – horsemanship, the art of riding the horseback. Filly – young female horse usually up to the age of three years. Foal – young horse of either sex below one year of age. MALE FEMALE Gelding – horse which was castrated while young. BARROW STEER GELDING Mare – mature female horse. Ridgling – stallion with only one testes or non on its scrotum. Stallion – mature male horse. Studhorse – a stallion used for breeding purposes.  11. Yeld mare or dry mare – one which has not produced any young during the breeding season.  Swine Boar – male pig of any age. Barrow – male pig which was castrated while young; a pig that was castrated before the secondary sex characteristics had developed. Stag – a male pig castrated after secondary sex characteristics have developed.  Gilt – young female pig under one year of age, usually one that has not yet given birth. Sow – mature female pig, one that has given birth. Litter – group of pigs born in one farrowing. Litter size – the number of young pigs born in one farrowing. Shoat/Shote – young pig of either sex, weighing approximately 60 kg. Suckling – young pigs from birth up to weaning. Weaning – young pigs separated from the sow, about 5 weeks old.  GOAT AND SHEEP Billy goat or buck – male goat of any age. Doe –female goat of any age. Ram – male sheep of any age used for breeding purposes. Ewe – female sheep of any age. Kid – Young of either sex below one year of age. Lamb – young sheep of either sex below one year of age. Fleece – wool covering of the sheep. Pelt – wool and skin of a sheep. Shearling – yearling sheep with two teeth.  10. Wether goat – male goat Wether sheep – male sheep castrated before the secondary which was castrated while sex characteristics have young preferable between 1 to developed. 3 weeks of age.  Poultry (chicken, duck, muscovy, turkey, quail, geese) Caponization – is a surgical technique adopted to alter the sexual maturation of male chickens with the aim of improving the quality characteristics of carcass and meat. Capon – a caponized male, readily distinguished by the undeveloped comb and wattles. Chick – young chicken while in the down stage. Chicken – one of the most common poultry species different from the turkey, geese, etc. Cockerel – a male fowl less than one year of age. Pullet – a female fowl less than one year of age. Drake – a male duck. Duck – a female duck Duckling – the young duck in the downstage. Plumage – the feathers of a fowl. Rooster – a one year old male Hen – a female chicken fowl or over. Laying – the act of parturition in chicken  8. Poult – the young of the domestic turkey, properly applied until sex can be distinguished.  Poultry – a collection term for all domestic birds rendering economic service to man; can also refer to dressed carcass odd fowls.