Unit 2: Animal Science Vocab

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