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Animal Unit (AU): A unit of measurement of livestock, 1 AU = 1,000 lbs. Livestock: Any domestic animal produced or kept primarily for farm, ranch, or market purposes, including beef and dairy cattle, hogs, sheep, goats, and horses. Ruminants: Animals having a stomach with four compartments. Their digestive process is more complex, therefore, than that of animals having a true stomach. Some commonly known ruminants are cattle, sheep and goats; an example of a true stomach animal is the pig. Beef Cattle Bull – Mature male animal Steer – Mature castrated male animal Cow – Mature female animal Calf - Young up to yearling or sexual maturity animal Heifer - Young (> 3 years) female of species that has not borne a calf. Calving – Term for birth Dairy Cattle Same as Above Dry Cow - A cow that is not producing milk, the period before the next calving and lactation. CWT - Hundredweight or 100 pounds. Grade A Dairy - A dairy that produces market milk (for human drinking purposes) under state approved sanitation conditions according to state controlled pooling laws. Milking barn and milk-handling equipment must meet certain State regulations. Grade B Dairy - A dairy that produces milk for use in making cheese, ice cream and condensed and powdered milk. Sanitation requirements are not as strict as for Grade A production. The milk cannot be sold for fresh market consumption. Goats Buck/Billy – Mature Male Goat Doe/Nanny – Mature Female Goat Kid – Young Goat, up to yearling or sexual maturity (Buckling-Male Kid) (Doeling- Female Kid) Kidding – Term for birth Sheep Ram – Mature Male Sheep Wether – Castrated Mature Male Sheep Ewe – Mature Female Sheep Lamb – Young Sheep, up to yearling or sexual maturity Lambing – Term for birth 1 Swine Boar - A breeding male hog, any age. Barrow - Castrated mature male Sow - Mature female hog. Gilt - Young (less than 3 years) female that has not borne a litter. Piglets – Young swine born in litters Farrowing - Term for birth Poultry Rooster- A mature male chicken. Hen – Mature Female Chicken Pullet - A female chicken less than 1 year old. Chicks - Young chickens Broiler- A chicken used for meat of either sex about 7 weeks of age. Layer- A female chicken producing eggs regularly. A good layer should produce between 19 and 20 dozen eggs in 12 months. Roaster- A young meat bird, 12 to 16 weeks old weighing 4 to 6 pounds, used for pan roasting. Horses Stallion – Mature Male horse Gelding- A male horse that has been castrated Mare - Mature female horse. Foal – Young horse of either sex Filly – Young female horse Colt – Young male horse Foaling – Term for birth Shannon Dill Ag Educator Email: [email protected] Talbot County Cooperative Extension 342-C N. Aurora Street P.O. Box 519 Easton, MD 21601 Tel: 410-822-1244 Fax: 410-822-5627 It is the policy of the University of Maryland, Agricultural Experiment Station and Maryland Cooperative Extension, that no person shall be subjected to discrimination on the grounds of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital or parental status, or disability. 2