Vet Term Chapter 1

Front 1

Stud

Back 1

Intact male dog

Front 2

Tom

Back 2

Intact male cat OR turkey

Front 3

Sire

Back 3

Male parent of kitten, pup, foal, donkey, calf, lamb, kid, piglet,

Front 4

Queen

Back 4

Intact female cat

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Dam

Back 5

Female parent of kitten, pup, foal, donkey, calf, lamb, kid, piglet

Front 6

Bitch

Back 6

Intact female dog

Front 7

Queening

Back 7

Giving birth to kittens

Front 8

Litter

Back 8

Group of related kittens, pups or piglets

Front 9

Whelp/pup

Back 9

Baby dog

Front 10

Clowder/Cluster/Pounce

Back 10

Group of unrelated cats

Front 11

Whelping

Back 11

Giving birth to pups

Front 12

Pack

Back 12

Group of unrelated wild dogs

Front 13

Kennel

Back 13

Group of unrelated domesticated dogs

Front 14

Stallion

Back 14

Intact male horse

Front 15

Gelding

Back 15

Castrated male horse

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Mare

Back 16

Intact female horse older than 4 years

Front 17

Colt

Back 17

Intact male horse younger than 4 years

Front 18

Filly

Back 18

Intact female horse younger than 4 years

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Weanling

Back 19

Young horse weaned from dam but under 1 year

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Yearling

Back 20

Horse almost or is 1 year old

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Foaling

Back 21

Giving birth to foals

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Herd

Back 22

Group of horses, cattle, goats, pigs, guinea pigs

Front 23

Steer

Back 23

Castrated male cow

Front 24

Heifer

Back 24

Cow hasnt had a calf

Front 25

Freemartin

Back 25

Female calf twin to a bull calf (she is usually sterile)

Front 26

Calving

Back 26

Giving birth to calves

Front 27

Freshening

Back 27

When demale cow or goat starts to be milked after giving birth

Front 28

Ovine

Back 28

Sheep

Front 29

Caprine

Back 29

Goats

Front 30

Ram

Back 30

Intact male sheep

Front 31

Wether

Back 31

Castrated male sheep or goat

Front 32

Ewe

Back 32

Intact female sheep

Front 33

Lamb

Back 33

Baby sheep

Front 34

Lambing

Back 34

Giving birth to sheep

Front 35

Flock

Back 35

Group of sheep

Front 36

Buck

Back 36

Intact male goat

Front 37

Doe

Back 37

Intact female goat, hamster, gerbil, mouse or rat

Front 38

Kid

Back 38

Baby goat

Front 39

Kidding

Back 39

Giving birth to kids (baby goats)

Front 40

Boar

Back 40

Intact male pig OR guinea pig

Front 41

Barrow

Back 41

Castrated male pig before maturity

Front 42

Stag

Back 42

Castrated male pig after maturity

Front 43

Sow

Back 43

Intact female guinea pig

Front 44

Gilt

Back 44

Young female pig that hasnt had piglets

Front 45

Farrowing

Back 45

Giving birth to piglets

Front 46

Rooster/Cock

Back 46

Intact male chicken

Front 47

Cockerel

Back 47

Young male chicken between 10 and 32 weeks old

Front 48

Capon

Back 48

Castrated male chicken

Front 49

Hen

Back 49

Intact female chicken OR turkey

Front 50

Pullet

Back 50

Female chicken between 10 and 32 weeks old

Front 51

Chick

Back 51

Baby chicken

Front 52

Broiler/Fryer

Back 52

Meat chicken slautered at 6.5 weeks

Front 53

Roaster

Back 53

Meat chicken slautered at 9 to 11 weeks

Front 54

Layer

Back 54

Egg chicken over 32 weeks old

Front 55

Flock

Back 55

Group of chickens

Front 56

Brood

Back 56

Group of hens

Front 57

Clutch/Peep

Back 57

Group of chicks

Front 58

Buck/Jack

Back 58

Intact male rabbit, hamster, gerbil, mouse or rat

Front 59

Doe/Jill

Back 59

Intact female rabbit

Front 60

Kit, bunny, kitten

Back 60

Baby rabbit

Front 61

Nest/Trace/Colony/Warren

Back 61

Group of rabbits

Front 62

Hob

Back 62

Intact male ferret

Front 63

Bovine

Back 63

Cows

Front 64

Avian/poultry

Back 64

Chickens and turkeys (and ducks and geese but we dont care about them)

Front 65

Poult

Back 65

Young turkey if either sex

Front 66

Rafter

Back 66

Group of turkeys

Front 67

Lagomorph

Back 67

Rabbit family

Front 68

Musteline

Back 68

Ferret family

Front 69

Rodents

Back 69

Guniea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, mice, rats

Front 70

Murine

Back 70

Mice and rats

Front 71

Gib

Back 71

Castrated male ferret

Front 72

Jill

Back 72

Intact female ferret

Front 73

Sprite

Back 73

Spayed female ferret

Front 74

Kit

Back 74

Young ferret

Front 75

Business

Back 75

A group of ferrets (some serious business goes on in these groups)

Front 76

Cavies

Back 76

Guinea pigs

Front 77

Pup

Back 77

Baby guinea pig, hamster, gerbil, mouse or rat

Front 78

Horde

Back 78

Group of hamsters, gerbils, mice, or rats

Front 79

Pinkie/kitten/pup

Back 79

Baby mouse or rat

Front 80

Horde/nest/colony

Back 80

Group of mice or rats