General terms

Question 1

Act of giving birth

Answer 1

Parturition

Question 2

Pregnancy time from conception to birth

Answer 2

Gestation

Question 3

Act of fertilization

Answer 3

Conception

Question 4

Female parent

Answer 4

Dam

Question 5

Male parents

Answer 5

Sire

Question 6

Ability to produce fertilizable ova and to provide proper environment for the initiating cell division and embryonic development

Answer 6

Fertility

Question 7

Ability to give birth to offspring frequently or numerous young.

Answer 7

Fecundity or prolificacy

Question 8

Inability to produce normal young

Answer 8

Sterility

Question 9

Failure to copulate

Answer 9

Impotency

Question 10

Sexual maturity, as exhibited by first heat or ovulation

Answer 10

Puberty

Question 11

Young animal after separation from its dam

Answer 11

Weanling

Question 12

The process of separating the young from its dam

Answer 12

Weaning

Question 13

Refers to new breeds developed by crossing two or more breeds

Answer 13

Synthetic breeds

Question 14

A race of domestic animals

Answer 14

Breed

Question 16

A family of any variety of domestic animal

Answer 16

Strain

Question 17

A subdivision of a breed, used to distinguished animals having the standard shaped and other characteristics of the breed

Answer 17

Variety