SS1 Animal Husbandry Lesson Note on Terminologies Used in Livestock

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TOPIC: Terminologies used in Livestock

SUB–TOPIC 1

TERMINOLOGIES OF USED IN POULTRY

• Cock: Male fowl above one year of age
• Cockerel: Male fowl below one year of age
• Hen: Female fowl above one year of age
• Pullet: Female fowl below one year of age
• Chick: A young fowl 0-6 weeks old
• Capon: A castrated male fowl
• Caponization: Process of castration in fowl
• Treading: Act of mating in fowl
• Grower: Fowl between 7-19 weeks of age
• Layer: Female fowl of over 20 weeks
• Broiler: Fowl reared for meat
• Clutch: A group of young chicks
• Flock : A group of fowls
• Chicken : Meat of fowl

TERMINOLOGIES OF USED IN PIG

• Boar: A Male pig
• Sow: Matured Female Pig
• Gilt: A female pig that is mature to reproduce or has reproduced once
• Piglet: A young or baby pig
• Weaners: Young pigs just separated from the mother
• Fatteners: Old pigs reared for the market
• Barrrow: A castrated male pig
• Farrowing: The act parturition in pig
• In-sow: A pregnant sow
• Dry sow: A sow that is not pregnant
• Pork: The meat of pig
• Bacon: Salted pig meat
• Lard: Pig with fat

TERMINOLOGIES OF USED IN RABBIT

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