BASIC TERMINOLOGIES IN

ANIMAL PRODUCTION NC II
 BROODING
•natural or artificial means of supplying
heat to newly hatched chick from day
old to two weeks
 CASTRATION
• (also referred to as gelding, spaying,
neutering, fixing, orchiectomy, and
oophorectomy) is any action, surgical,
chemical, or otherwise, by which a male loses
the functions of the testicles or a female loses
the functions of the ovaries
 EQUIPMENT
•power tool machines used in animal
production
 FENCING TOOL

•devices for fence construction

and layout of animal houses
 FLAMMABLE

•easily ignited and capable of

burning rapidly
 HAND TOOLS
•used for conducting simple repair
and maintenance operation
 HANDHELD TOOL
•are tools compact enough to be used
or operated while being held in the
hand or hands
 INCUBATION
•the process of subjecting egg to an
incubator until the egg hatches
 LIVESTOCK
•refers to one or more domesticated
animals raised in an agricultural
setting to produce commodities such
as food, fiber and labor; usually four
legged animals
 POULTRY
•feathered animals such as chickens,
ducks, geese, etc
 POWER TOOL
•a tool powered by electricity or driven
by a motor
 TOOLS
•devices that make the work of mans
easier and faster