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Barrow - is a male pig that has been castrated or rendered incapable of
reproducing before he reaches sexual maturity.
Gilt - young adult female pigs that have not yet produced a litter of piglets
Stag - is a male pig, castrated when young, but allowed to grow until a weight
of up to 700 pounds (315 kg) is achieved before slaughter.
Sire - The boar or father of an animal
Sow/Dam - adult female pigs that have farrowed one or more litter.
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CATTLE
are large, domesticated, cloven-hoofed herbivores.
Heifer - a female that has not had any offspring. The term usually refers to
immature females
HORSES
- The horse is a domesticated, odd-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the
taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of Equus
ferus.
Stag - refers to a male horse that was gelded after he has reached the age of
maturity, has been used for breeding before he was gelded or a gelding (no
matter his age at the time of gelding) who has stallion like behavior.
Caraheifer - sexually mature female carabao that has not yet given birth.
CARACALF - young carabao of either gender
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