Cattle Breeding

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Across
  1. 5. a mature male bovine used for breeding
  2. 6. the process of transitioning a calf from mother's milk to solid food
  3. 8. mating animals of different breeds to combine desireable traits
  4. 12. adesirable an animal's ancestry or lineage
  5. 13. a breeding method where sperm is manually inserted into the female reporductive tract
  6. 14. the period of pregnancy in cattle
  7. 16. a castrated male bovine, typically raised for beef
  8. 18. a young bovine either male or female
  9. 19. an animal with parents of the same breed, often registered
Down
  1. 1. a mature female bovine that has had at least one calf
  2. 2. rate the percentage of successful pregnancies per breeding attempt
  3. 3. the father of a calf
  4. 4. the period during which a cow produces milk after giving birth
  5. 5. the process of mating animals to produce offspring
  6. 7. a technique where embryos from a donor cow are implanted into recipient cows
  7. 9. the study of heredity and inherited traits in breeding
  8. 10. a young female bovine that has not yet calved
  9. 11. a group of cattle
  10. 15. the mother of a calf
  11. 17. the period when a cow is fertile and receptive to mating