This powerpoint is for agriculture specifically animal science.

2. What is Animal Science?

3. ANIMAL SCIENCE is described as “studying
the biology of animals that are under the
control of humankind”. It can also be defined
as the production and management of farm
animals.

4. ANIMAL SCIENCE is concerned with the
science and business of producing domestic
livestock species, but not limited to beef cattle,
horses, poultry, sheep and swine including
their nutrition, care, and welfare.

5. SCIENTIFIC NAME OF FARM ANIMALS
 Cattle – Bos taurus
 Buffalo – Bubalus bubalis
 Sheep – Ovis aries
 Goat – Capra hircus
 Domesticated Swine – Sus domesticus
 Native Pig – Sus scrofa
 Horse – Equus caballos
 Chicken – Gallus gallus
 Mallard Duck – Anas platyrhynchos
 Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata
 Goose – Anser domesticus
 Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo
 Pigeon – Columbia livia
 Guinea Fowl – Numida meleagris

6. Technical Terms in Cattle & Carabao Industry
1. Bull – male breeding ox of any age.
2. Bull Calf – young male calf under one year of age.
3. Bullock – usually a stag for draft purposes.
4. Calf – young ox of either sex, under one year of age.
5. Cattle – domesticated bovine animals.
6. Cow – mature female ox, one that has given birth.
7. Carabull – sexually mature uncastrated male carabao usually kept for breeding.
8. Caracow – mature female carabao, one that has given birth.
9. Caraheifer – young female carabao under 3 years of age usually one that has not yet given birth.
10. Heifer – young female ox under 3 years of age usually one that has not yet given birth.
11. Proven Sire – one that has offspring that are old enough to be evaluated for the functional traits of the breed.
12. Ox – ruminant member of the bovine family, or sometimes the male used for draft purposes.
13. Stag – male ox castrated after sexual maturity.
14. Steer – male ox castrated before sexual maturity.

7. Technical Terms in Swine Industry
1. Boar – male pig of any age.
2. Barrow – male pig which was castrated while young; a pig that was castrated before the
secondary sex characteristics have developed.
3. Gilt – young female pig under one year of of age, usually one that has not yet given birth.
4. Litter – group of pigs born in one farrowing.
5. Litter Size – the number of young pigs born in one farrowing.
6. Shote – young pig of either sex, weighing approximately 60kg.
7. Sow – mature female pig, one that has given birth.
8. Stag – a male pig castrated after sexual maturity.
9. Suckling – young pigs from birth up to weaning.
10. Weanling – young pigs separated from the sow, about 5 weeks old.

8. Technical Terms in Poultry Industry
1. Capon – a caponized male, readily distinguished by the underdeveloped comb and wattles.
2. Chick – young chicken while in the down stage.
3. Chicken – one of the most common poultry species different from turkey, geese, etc.
4. Cockerel – a male fowl less than one year old.
5. Drake – a male duck.
6. Duck – a female duck.
7. Duckling – the young duck in the down stage.
8. Poult – the young of the domestic turkey, properly applied until sex can be distinguished.
9. Poultry – a collective term for all domestic birds rendering economic service to man; can
also refer to dressed carcass of fowls.
10. Plumage – the feathers of a fowl.
11. Pullet – a female fowl less than one year old.
12. Rooster – a male fowl one year old or over.

9. Technical Terms in Sheep & Goat Industry
1. Billy Goat / Buck – male goat of any age.
2. Doe – female goat of any age.
3. Ewe – female sheep of any age.
4. Fleece – wool covering the sheep.
5. Kid – young goat of either sex below one year of age.
6. Lamb – young sheep of either sex below one year of age.
7. Pelt – wool and skin of sheep.
8. Ram – male sheep of any age for breeding purposes.
9. Shearling – yearling sheep with two teeth.
10. Wether Goat – male goat castrated before the secondary sex characteristics have developed.
11. Wether Sheep – male sheep which was castrated while young preferably between 1-3 weeks
of age.

10. Technical Terms in Horse Industry
1. Broodmare – a female horse used for breeding purposes.
2. Colt – young male horse usually up to the age of three years.
3. Equitation – horsemanship; the art of riding horseback.
4. Filly – young female horse usually up to the age of three years old.
5. Foal – young horse of either age below one year of age.
6. Gelding – horse which was castrated while young.
7. Mare – mature female horse.
8. Ridgling – stallion with only one testis or none in its scrotum.
9. Stallion – mature male horse.
10. Studhorse – a stallion used for breeding purposes.
11. Yeld Mare / Dry Mare – one which has not produced any young during the breeding season.