DICTIONARY

GLOSARY OF ANIMAL
PRODUCTION

PRODUCTION ANIMAL
(2502017)

SANTIAGO AGUIRRE ORDOÑEZ

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CONTENTS
• FUMIGADORA – FUMIGATOR • PAGE 4
• VETERINARIO – VETERINARY • PAGE 4
• MEDICAMENTO – MEDICINE • PAGE 5
• MAQUINA DE ORDEÑO – MILKING • PAGE 5
• GESTACION – GESTATION • PAGE 6
• VACUNACION – VACCINATION • PAGE 6
• LAZO – RIBBON • PAGE 7
• BASCULA – WEIGHING MACHINE • PAGE 7
• CANTINA – CANTEEN • PAGE 8
• AGUJAS – NEEDLES • PAGE 8
• • PAGE 9
TIJERAS PARA PEZUÑAS – HOOF SCISSORS
• PEZON – TEAT • PAGE 9
• UBRE – UDDER • PAGE 10
• POTREROS – PADDOCKS • PAGE 10
• BULTOS – LUMPS • PAGE 11
• ENFERMOS – SICK • PAGE 11
• CERDAS DE CRIA – BREEDING SOWS • PAGE 12
• TORO REPRODUCTOR – BREEDING BULL• PAGE 12
• REBAÑO – HERD • PAGE 13
• NOVILLA DE VIENTRE – BREEDING COWS• PAGE 13
• TOMA DE SANGRE - BLOOD TAKE • PAGE 14

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• CABRAS – GOATS • PAGE 14
• ALAMBRE – WIRE • PAGE 15
• GUANTES – GLOVES • PAGE 15
• TERNERO – CALF • PAGE 16
• TIJERAS – SCISSORS • PAGE 16
• NAVAJA – RAZOR • PAGE 17
• INSTALACIONES – INSTALLATIONS • PAGE 17
• INSEMINACION – INSEMINATION • PAGE 18
• POTRO – FOAL • PAGE 18
• BOTAS – BOOTS • PAGE 19
• BALDE NODRIZA - NURSE BUCKET • PAGE 19
• SAL – SALT • PAGE 20
• GANADO – LIVESTOCK • PAGE 20
• OVEROL – OVERALL • PAGE 21
• LECHON – SUCKER • PAGE 21
• PARTO – BIRTH • PAGE 22
• CORDERO – LAMB • PAGE 22
• GERINGA – GERING • PAGE 23
• POSTES – POSTS • PAGE 23
• CABALLO – HOURSE • PAGE 24
• CASTRACION – CASTRATION • PAGE 24

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 FUMIGADORA - FUMIGATOR

The fumigator is used to give the

cattle a bath

 VETERINARIO -
VETERINARY

The veterinary helps with

welfare of animals

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 MEDICAMENTO - MEDICINE

Used to prevent and cure

animals diseases

 MAQUINA DE ORDEÑO – MILKING

It serves to facilitate and

not last so much milking

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 GESTACION – GESTATION

Period of time between

conception and birth

 VACUNACION - VACCINATION

Action that consists of administering a

drug intramuscularly or
subcutaneously

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 LAZO – RIBBON

The loop is used to tie the animal

 BASCULA – WEIGHING
MACHINE

The escale is used to weigh cattle

and the other animals

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 CANTINA – CANTEEN

Used to store milk

 AGUJAS - NEEDLES

The needles are used to inject the

animals

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 TIJERAS PARA PEZUÑAS –
HOOF SCISSORS

Used to cut the hooves of

sheep

 PEZON - TEAT

The teats are the milk outlet

ducts

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 UBRE – UDDER

Its function is to produce

milk

 POTREROS - PADDOCKS

It is where the animals stay

and feed

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 BULTOS – LUMPS

Contain complementary
animal feed

 ENFERMOS - SICK

Time to put sick calves in a

separate paddock and tend to
them

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 CERDAS DE CRIA – BREEDING SOWS

Sows can give up to eighteen

piglets per farrowing

 TORO REPRODUCTOR – BREEDING

BULL

Breeding bull used to

imprégnate all the cows

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 REBAÑO – HERD

Large group of animals

 NOVILLA DE VIENTRE – BREEDING

COWS

They are pregnant but they

don not give milk

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 TOMA DE SANGRE - BLOOD TAKE

Blood is drawn for tests or studies

 CABRAS - GOATS

They have a double purpose

depending on their race (milk -
meat)

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 ALAMBRE – WIRE

It serves to divide the paddocks and

that the animals do not go too far

 GUANTES – GLOVES

The gloves serve to protect the

hands

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 TERNERO – CALF

It is the son of the cow and has to

be fed with milk for at least two
months

 TIJERAS - SCISSORS
They have different functions
depending on the type of scissors,
such as (cutting animal hair or
cutting wire)

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 NAVAJA – RAZOR

It is multifunctional due to its

different tools and uses

 INSTALACIONES -
INSTALLATIONS

They serve to have all the

animals

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 INSEMINACION –
INSEMINATION

Assisted reproduction
technique in which the
sperm is introduced into the
female's vagina by
mechanical means

 POTRO - FOAL

Son of the horse and is

considered a foal until the
year

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 BOTAS – BOOTS

Used for field activities

 BALDE NODRIZA - NURSE BUCKET

It has pacifiers and is used to feed

the calves when they are no
longer with their mothers

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 SAL – SALT

It helps to nourish the animals and

that their production is of better
quality

 GANADO - LIVESTOCK

Cattle

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 OVEROL – OVERALL

Provide protection and cleanliness

 LECHON - SUCKER

Baby pig that still sucks

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 PARTO – BIRTH

Birth of a calf

 CORDERO - LAMB

His purpose in the future is

(meat or wool)

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 GERINGA – GERING

The siringes are used to have the

medicine

 POSTES - POSTS

Used to hold the wire

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 CABALLO – HOURSE

Considered by many as a
work tool

 CASTRACION – CASTRATION

Castrated animals cannot

have offspring

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