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91 Cards in this Set
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Band
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A group of goats
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Barrow
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Castrate Pig
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Billy
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A male goat
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Bitch
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A female dog
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Boar
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Sexually mature uncastrated male pig
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Bovine
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Pertaining to the ox or cow; of the family, Bovidae
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Broilers (fryers)
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Chickens (meat type) that typically are marketed at about 50 days of age and about 4.5 lbs
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Brood
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A group of baby chickens
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Brood Animal
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Animal reserved for breeding and raising young
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Buck
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A male sheep, goat, rabbit, deer, or antelope
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Buck Kid
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An immature male goat
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Bull
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A sexually mature uncastrated male bovine
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Bulling
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Refers to a cow in heat (estrus)
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Bullock
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Most commonly refers to young bulls grown and fattened in a similar manner to beef steers and heifers
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Burro
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A donkey (ass)
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Calving
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Act of parturition in cattle
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Canine
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Pertaining to the dog family
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Capon
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Male chicken that has had its testes removed
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Cock
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A male chicken; rooster
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Cockerel
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A male chicken less than a year old
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Colt
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An immature male horse
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Cow
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A mature female bovine
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Dam
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A female parent
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Doe
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An adult female rabbit, goat, or deer
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Doe Kid
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An immature female goat
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Drake
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An adult male duck
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Drove
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A group of swine
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Equine
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Pertaining to a horse
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Ewe
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A female sheep
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Farrowing
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Act of parturition in swine
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Feeder
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A young animal which does not have a high finish (fatness) but shows evidence of ability to add weight economically
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Filly
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An immature young female horse; a young mare
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Flock
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A group of sheep
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Foal
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A young horse or mule of either sex (usually unweaned)
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Foaling
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Act of parturition in the horse
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Fowl
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Any bird, but usually refers to more mature poultry
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Gander
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A mature male goose
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Gelding
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A castrated male horse
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Get
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The offspring from a male animal
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Gilt
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A young female swine; until the first litter of pigs is farrowed
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Gosling
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Any young goose
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Half-sib
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A half-brother or half-sister
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Heifer
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A female of the cattle species that has not borne a calf
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Heiferette
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A female of the cattle species that has given birth but finished for market rather than saved as a breeding animal
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Hen
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An adult avian female
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Herd
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A group of cattle or horses
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Hinny
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The offspring of a stallion and a jenny (female jackass)
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Hutch
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A group of rabbits
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Jack
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A male uncastrated donkey (ass)
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Jenny
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A female donkey (ass); a jenny
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Kid
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A young goat or antelope
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Kidding
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Act of parturition in the goat
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Kindling
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Act of parturition in the rabbit
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Lamb
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A sheep less than 12 months of age (e.g. ewe lamb, ram lamb)
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Lambing
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Act of parturition in sheep
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Litter
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The pigs farrowed by a sow or the pups whelped by a bitch at one delivery period (to farrow means to give birth to pigs)
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Mare
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A mature female horse
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Mule
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The cross resulting from mating a mare horse with a jack (male ass)
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Nanny
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A female goat
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Nonruminant
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An animal without a rumen (e.g. a chicken or pig; a monogastric animal)
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Nurse Cow
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A milk cow used to supply milk for nursing calves other than her own
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Ovine
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An animal of the subfamily Ovidae; sheep, goats
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Pig
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A young swine (e.g. bar pig, gilt, barrow)
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Piglet
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A little pig
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Polled
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Having no horns
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Pony
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Any small horse in the United States that doesn't exceed 58 inches tall at maturity
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Porcine
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Pertaining to swine
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Poult
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An immature turkey. After sex is determined, called a young tom(male) or a young hen (female)
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Poultry
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Birds raised for meat and eggs
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Produce
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A female's offspring
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Progeny
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The offspring of animals
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Ram
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A male sheep (also called a buck)
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Roaster
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A young chicken (meat type) weighting more than 4.5lbs
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Roasting pig
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A pig weighting from about 50 to 75lbs
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Rooster (cock)
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An adult male chicken
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Runt
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A term used to denote a piglet of poor size in relation to littermates
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Scrub
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An animal inferior in either breeding or individuality
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Shoat
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A young pig of either sex not fully grown and fattened for market
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Sire
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The male parent
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Sow
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Mature female swine
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Stag
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A male animal castrated after the secondary sex characteristics have developed
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Stallion
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A mature male horse, not castrated
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Steer
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A male bovine castrated before the development of secondary sex characteristics
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Stud
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A unit of selected animals kept for breeding purposes (abbreviated for stud horse; a stallion)
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Tom
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A male turkey
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Tup
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A ram
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Vealer
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Calves fed for slaughter usually less than 4 months old; "fancy" veal may weigh as much as 400 to 420lbs at 16 weeks
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Weanling
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A recently weaned animal
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Wether
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A male sheep or goat castrated before sexual maturity
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Whelp
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To give birth to, as by a female dog
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Yearling
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Refers to a male or female farm animal (especially cattle and horses) during the first year and up to two years of age
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