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16 Cards in this Set
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Parturition |
Act of giving birth |
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Calving |
Parturition in cows |
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Farrowing |
Parturition in sows |
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Kidding |
Parturition in goats |
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Foaling |
Parturition in mares |
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Lambing |
Parturition in ewes/sheep |
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Gestation |
Time of pregnancy from conception to birth |
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Conception |
Act of fertilization |
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Dam |
Female parent |
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Sire |
Male parent |
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Fecundity/Prolificacy |
Ability to give birth to offspring frequently or numerous young at frequent intervals |
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Sterility |
Inability to produce normal young |
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Impotency |
Failure to copulate |
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Puberty |
Sexual maturity. Exhibited by first heat or ovulation |
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Weanling |
Young animal, after separation from its dam |
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Weaning |
Process of separating the young from its dam |
