Animal Science

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Across
  1. 3. the actual act of an animal giving birth
  2. 4. period: how long an animal is pregnant from fertilization to delivery
  3. 7. horses are measured in ___
  4. 8. diseases: disease shared by humans and animals
  5. 14. genes paired together that are the same
  6. 15. insemination: inserting the sperm inside of an animal
  7. 16. a unit of hereditary material on a chromosome
  8. 17. pocket: serves as a tiny shock absorber while the embryo is developing
  9. 18. known as the true stomach
  10. 21. the actual make-up of the genes
  11. 22. the white spot on the egg yolk, where reproduction starts with
  12. 23. transfer: an egg and sperm are removed, joined together, and put back in the female
  13. 24. an animal chews its ___ after regurgitating it from the rumen
Down
  1. 1. animal scientists
  2. 2. the actual physical appearance of the animal
  3. 5. the first part of an animal's small intestine
  4. 6. a long funnel shaped tube which is the first portion of the oviduct
  5. 9. carrier of genetic material (genes)
  6. 10. a parasitic infection caused by a parasitic protozoa
  7. 11. egg white
  8. 12. genes paired together that are different
  9. 13. a twisted, cord-like strand of egg white
  10. 16. a muscular stomach used to grind feed into small pieces
  11. 19. system: the system that produces milk
  12. 20. a fertilized blastodisc