Animal Science Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. Give birth to piglets
  2. 3. A figure expressing the acidity or alkalinity of a solution on a logarithmic scale on which 7 is neutral, lower values are more acid and higher values more alkaline
  3. 5. Bred from parents of the same breed or variety
  4. 8. A natural oily or greasy substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs.
  5. 9. Tamed and kept as a pet or on a farm
  6. 10. Relating to or affecting horses or other members of the horse family
  7. 11. A pig
  8. 13. A medicine that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms.
  9. 14. Having a stomach with only a single compartment
  10. 15. Proteins collectively, especially as a dietary component.
  11. 17. Containing or made from milk
  12. 20. An even-toed ungulate mammal that chews the cud regurgitated from its rumen
  13. 21. Mate and then producing offspring
Down
  1. 1. The removal of the testicles of a male animal
  2. 4. A regulatory substance produced in an organism and transported in tissue fluids such as blood or sap to stimulate specific cells or tissues into action.
  3. 6. A fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime.
  4. 7. Give birth to a calf
  5. 12. Domestic fowl, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese
  6. 13. The rearing of aquatic animals or the cultivation of aquatic plants for food
  7. 16. Relating to or affecting cattle
  8. 18. Fibrous indigestible material in vegetable foodstuffs which aids the passage of food and waste products through the gut.
  9. 19. Any of a group of organic compounds which are essential for normal growth and nutrition and are required in small quantities in the diet because they cannot be synthesized by the body.