Animal Science Chapter 1

Poultry

A group of fowl that are raised for use as food and other products

Factory farm

A large-scale corporate-type operation that efficiently produces animals in carefully controlled environments

By-product

A product made from parts of the animal that are not used for food

Mohair

A product of angora goats

Animal industry

All of the activities in raising animals and meeting the needs people have for animals and animal products

Neutering

Altering an animal sexually

Meat animal

An animal raised for its meat

Companion animal

An animal that is used to provide humans with fun and friendship

Ration

An animal's diet

Animal well-being

Caring for an animal so that its needs are met and it does not suffer

Dairy cattle

Cattle specifically grown to produce milk

Animal selection

Chooding animals to achieve desired goals

Euthanasia

Killing an animal that is suffering

Science

Knowledge about the world we live in

Livestock

Mammals produced on farms and ranches for food and other purposes

Animal processing

Preparing animal or their products for the consumer

Animal production

Raising animals for food, companionship, and other uses

Spaying

Removing the ovaries

Castration

Removing the testicles

Animal domestication

Taking animals from nature and raising them in a controlled environment

Veterinary medicine

The area that deals with the health and well-being of animals

Health

The condition in which an animal is free of disease and all parts of the animal are functioning properly

Animal services

The help producers need to raise animal efficiently

Animal rights

The idea that animals have rights like humans

Animal supplies

The inputs needed in animal production

Reproduction

The process by which offspring are produced

Animal marketing

The process of moving animals and their products from producer to the consumer

Zoology

The study of animals

Life science

The study of living things

Botany

The study of plants

Nutrition

The study of the kind of food an animal needs and how it is used by the animal

Environment

The surroundings of an animal

Animal welfare

Using animals for human purposes that sacrifice the idea that animals have interest