Unit 2: Animal Science Vocab
Across
- 3. a group of ductless glands that release hormones into the body.
- 6. hair from Angora goats used to make a shiny, heavy, wooly fabric.
- 8. female of the swine family that has given birth.
- 9. the process whereby all body parts receive materials needed for function, growth, and renewal.
- 11. animal with a single compartment stomach.
- 12. giving birth in the swine family.
- 13. chemicals that regulate many of the activities of the body.
- 15. milk production.
- 19. system that removes waste materials from the blood.
- 21. member of the sheep family less than one year old; also meat from young sheep.
- 22. the lean meat of the animal.
- 25. female of the cattle family that has not given birth.
- 26. element essential for normal body functions.
- 29. compound milk sugar.
- 31. a non-nutritive substance added to feed to improve growth, to increase feed efficiency, or to maintain health.
- 33. muscles that can be controlled by animals to do things such as walk and eat food.
- 36. female of the sheep family.
- 37. the amount of feed fed in one day.
- 39. matter — material left after all water is removed from a feed material.
- 41. meat from mature sheep.
- 42. castrated male member of the cattle family.
- 45. compound cane sugar.
- 46. woody fiber parts that make up plant cell walls.
- 48. nutrients that have 2.25 times as much energy as carbohydrates.
- 49. female of the swine family that has not given birth.
- 53. one of the compartments of the stomach of cattle and sheep.
- 54. the brain and the spinal cord.
- 55. period of time when mammals are producing milk.
- 58. first milk produced by mammals; high in antibodies.
- 59. starches and sugars that provide energy in the diet.
- 61. the system that provides food and oxygen to the cells of the body and filters waste materials from the body.
Down
- 1. animals used for work.
- 2. substance used to help prevent or control infections and diseases ofanimals.
- 4. muscles that operate in the body without control by the will of the animal.
- 5. simple fruit sugar.
- 7. structure and arrangement of the various parts of the body.
- 10. simple milk sugar.
- 14. system that controls the functions of the body tissues including the organs.
- 16. system that provides oxygen to the blood of the animal.
- 17. young goat.
- 18. to place a substance under the skin to improve growth of animals.
- 20. male of the cattle family.
- 23. grass, hay, or silage and other feeds high in fiber and low in TDN.
- 24. conditions resulting from improper levels or balances of nutrients.
- 27. feeds high in total digestible nutrients and low in fiber.
- 28. major energy source in livestock feeds.
- 30. young member of the cattle family.
- 32. complex chemical essential for normal body functions.
- 34. milk-producing animal.
- 35. meat from goats.
- 38. compound malt sugar.
- 40. nutrient made up of amino acids and essential for maintenance, growth, and reproduction.
- 43. bones joined together by cartilage and ligaments.
- 44. male of the swine family.
- 47. male member of the sheep family.
- 50. to give birth to cattle.
- 51. young calves or meat from young calves.
- 52. modified hair obtained from sheep and some other animals; a fiber with very good insulating qualities used to make cloth.
- 53. animals that have a stomach with four digestive compartments.
- 56. female of the cattle family that has given birth.
- 57. meat from swine.
- 60. newborn of the swine family.