ANSC 107 -Ramsey- Species Specific
Terminology Test Questions With 100%
Correct Answers 2026-2027 Updated.
Ad Libitum - Answer Allowing animals to eat all they want, when they want
Compensatory Growth - Answer Increased growth rate due to previous undernourishment
Concentrate - Answer Feed that is high in energy, low in fiber, highly digestible
T.D.N. (Total Digestible Nutrients) - Answer Includes total amounts of digestible protein, N-free
extract, fiber, and fat all added together. Approximates energy content.
Roughage - Answer Feed high in fiber, low in digestible nutrients, low energy. (hay, straw,
silage)
Feeder - Answer Animals which need no further feeding prior to slaughter
Fil - Answer Contents of digestive tract
Dark Cutter - Answer Color of the lean in the carcass. Usually caused by stress prior to
slaughter
Contemporary Group - Answer Set of animals of the same sex and breed that have been raised
under similar environmental and management conditions
Cull - Answer To eliminate from the breeding population
Fertility - Answer Capacity to initiate, sustain, and support reproduction
Libido - Answer Sex drive of male
A.I. - Answer Artificial Insemination
E.T. - Answer Embryo transfer
,Clone - Answer Individual grown from a single somatic cell of its parent and genetically
identical to it
Estrus (Heat) - Answer Period of mating activity in the female
Estrous - Answer Cycle,or time, from one heat period to the next
Dystocia - Answer Difficult birth
Colostrum - Answer First milk given by the female following delivery of her young. Contains
high levels of antibodies which are absorbed by the young for quick immunity.
Lactation period - Answer Period that female produces milk
Dry - Answer Non-lactating female
Weaning - Answer Taking a young from its mother
Anestrous Period - Answer Time when a female is not in estrous
Open - Answer Non-pregnant female
Dairy Herd Improvement Association - Answer Keep records. Identify breed. Reproduction
technology.
Scurs - Answer Small hornlike tissue attached to the skin of polled or dehorned animals
Castration - Answer Removal of testicles
Spaying - Answer Removal of ovaries
Breed - Answer Animals having a common origin and characteristics that distinguish them
from other groups within the same species. More variation.
Bovine - Answer Cattle
, Equine - Answer Horses
Porcine - Answer Swine (Pigs)
Caprine - Answer Goats
Ovine - Answer Sheep
Male cow of breeding age - Answer Bull
Mature female cattle - Answer Cow
Young male cow - Answer Bullock
Young female cow - Answer Heifer
Newborn cow - Answer Calf
Unsexed Male cow - Answer Steer
Unsexed Female cow - Answer Spayed
Group of cows - Answer Herd
Genus of cows - Answer Bos
Act of breeding cattle - Answer Serving
Act of parturition of cattle - Answer Calving
Male horse of breeding age - Answer Stallion
Mature female horse - Answer Mare
Terminology Test Questions With 100%
Correct Answers 2026-2027 Updated.
Ad Libitum - Answer Allowing animals to eat all they want, when they want
Compensatory Growth - Answer Increased growth rate due to previous undernourishment
Concentrate - Answer Feed that is high in energy, low in fiber, highly digestible
T.D.N. (Total Digestible Nutrients) - Answer Includes total amounts of digestible protein, N-free
extract, fiber, and fat all added together. Approximates energy content.
Roughage - Answer Feed high in fiber, low in digestible nutrients, low energy. (hay, straw,
silage)
Feeder - Answer Animals which need no further feeding prior to slaughter
Fil - Answer Contents of digestive tract
Dark Cutter - Answer Color of the lean in the carcass. Usually caused by stress prior to
slaughter
Contemporary Group - Answer Set of animals of the same sex and breed that have been raised
under similar environmental and management conditions
Cull - Answer To eliminate from the breeding population
Fertility - Answer Capacity to initiate, sustain, and support reproduction
Libido - Answer Sex drive of male
A.I. - Answer Artificial Insemination
E.T. - Answer Embryo transfer
,Clone - Answer Individual grown from a single somatic cell of its parent and genetically
identical to it
Estrus (Heat) - Answer Period of mating activity in the female
Estrous - Answer Cycle,or time, from one heat period to the next
Dystocia - Answer Difficult birth
Colostrum - Answer First milk given by the female following delivery of her young. Contains
high levels of antibodies which are absorbed by the young for quick immunity.
Lactation period - Answer Period that female produces milk
Dry - Answer Non-lactating female
Weaning - Answer Taking a young from its mother
Anestrous Period - Answer Time when a female is not in estrous
Open - Answer Non-pregnant female
Dairy Herd Improvement Association - Answer Keep records. Identify breed. Reproduction
technology.
Scurs - Answer Small hornlike tissue attached to the skin of polled or dehorned animals
Castration - Answer Removal of testicles
Spaying - Answer Removal of ovaries
Breed - Answer Animals having a common origin and characteristics that distinguish them
from other groups within the same species. More variation.
Bovine - Answer Cattle
, Equine - Answer Horses
Porcine - Answer Swine (Pigs)
Caprine - Answer Goats
Ovine - Answer Sheep
Male cow of breeding age - Answer Bull
Mature female cattle - Answer Cow
Young male cow - Answer Bullock
Young female cow - Answer Heifer
Newborn cow - Answer Calf
Unsexed Male cow - Answer Steer
Unsexed Female cow - Answer Spayed
Group of cows - Answer Herd
Genus of cows - Answer Bos
Act of breeding cattle - Answer Serving
Act of parturition of cattle - Answer Calving
Male horse of breeding age - Answer Stallion
Mature female horse - Answer Mare
