1. Livestock Terms Bovine (meat, dairy) Porcine (meat) Ovine (meat, wool)
Scientific name for cattle
Porcine (meat)
Scientific name for pigs
Ovine (meat, wool)
Scientific name for sheep
Caprine (meat, hair, dairy)
Scientific name for goats
Equine (work, companion)
Scientific name for horses
Poultry – chickens, ducks, turkeys

2. Heifer (breeding/market)
Bull (breeding)
A breeding male of the bovine species
Cow (breeding)
Mature female bovine that has calved
Heifer (breeding/market)
Young (less than 3 years) female bovine that has not born a calf
Steer (market)
Castrated male
Calf
Young (up to yearling or sexual maturity) animal of the bovine species
Heifer-calf
Bull-calf
Calving: giving birth
Gestation: 9 months
Meat: Beef and veal
Two different types
Bos indicus
Bos taurus

3. Boar Sow Barrow Gilt Piglet A breeding male hog, any age
Mature female hog
Barrow
Castrated male hog
Gilt
Immature female hog
Piglet
Young swine weighing less than 120 lbs.
Farrowing: giving birth
Meat: Pork
Gestation: 3 months, 3 wks, 3 days

4. Ram Ewe Wether Lamb Mutton Mature male ovine
Female of the ovine species
Wether
Castrated male ovine
Lamb
Ovine less than 12 months of age
Mutton
Ovine greater than 2 years of age
Lambing: giving birth
Gestation: 5 months
Meat: mutton

5. Billy Nanny Kid Cabrito Mature male of the Caprine species Female goat
Young immature goat, either sex
Cabrito
Young goat less than 3 months of age
Meat
Gestation: 5 months

6. Stallion Mare Gelding Foal Stud-Colt Filly
Mature male of the equine species
Mare
Mature female horse
Gelding
Castrated male horse
Foal
Young either sex
Colt – 2 yrs of age, either sex, training to ride
Yearling – 1 year of age, either sex, weaned off mare
Stud-Colt
Young male horse
Filly
Young female horse
Foaling: giving birth
Gestation: 11 months

7. Pullet - Female chicken less than 1 yr of age
Rooster
Mature male chicken
Plumage meaning feathers
Hen
Mature female chicken
Broiler
Meat chicken
Pullet - Female chicken less than 1 yr of age
Cockerel – Male chicken less than 1 yr of age
Capon – castrated rooster
Incubation period – 21 days at 100 F
Hatching – giving birth
Spent hen – stop laying eggs
Chick – baby chicken

8. Hen Tom Jake Mature female turkey Mature male turkey Young male turkey
28 days for hatching turkey