DEFINITION OF TERMS

• Parturition - the act of giving birth

  Calving - in cows

  Farrowing- in sows

  Foaling - in mares

  Kidding - in goats

  Lambing- in ewes
• Conception-act of fertilization Dam-female parent

  Fecundity/Prolificacy - ability to give birth to offspring frequently or to numerous young at frequent intervals

  Fertility - ability to produce fertilizable ova and to provide proper environment for and initiating cell division and embryonic development; ability to produce large number of sperms capable of fertilization

  Gestation- pregnancy from conception to birth time

  Impotency - failure to copulate
• Puberty - sexual maturity, as exhibited by first heat or ovulation Sire- the male parent

  Sterility - inability to produce normal young Transmitting ability - the ability of an animal to pass on either good or bad traits to its progeny

  Weaning -the process of separating the young from its dam

  Weanling -young animal after separation from its dam

  Anatomy- the study of structure of animals