Cattle Terms - Animal Nutrition - S. Ekelund
Across
- 1. Period of pregnancy in animals; time from conception to birth
- 3. cellulose
- 4. System used to classify the amount (or lack) of fat on an animal, abbreviation
- 7. feed high in fiber
- 8. leaves, third compartment of the stomach
- 11. female parent of a domestic animal
- 12. Papillae, first compartment of the stomach
- 16. glandular, fourth compartment of the stomach
- 18. honeycomb,second part of the stomach
- 19. female that has had at least one calf
- 20. male or female less than 1-year old
- 21. a calf that has been weaned from nursing, usually around 4-6 months old
- 22. segment of the beef cattle industry; the sole purpose is to feed and fatten cattle in a smaller area
- 24. the process of giving birth
- 25. female that has never had a calf
Down
- 2. male parent of a domestic animal
- 5. young male that has been neutered
- 6. the first milk produced, high in fat and antibodies
- 9. animals with a four-compartment stomach
- 10. group of cattle
- 13. generic, plural term for all cows, bulls, calves, heifers, and steers
- 14. medical, a term for cattle, male or female, young or old
- 15. mature male used for breeding
- 16. artificial insemination abbreviation
- 17. a calf this is one year old
- 19. removal of the testicles of a male animal
- 23. embryo transfer abbreviation
- 24. an animal who has pure and proven lineage and is most often registered