6.3 Animal husbandry

Use this domain for words related to animal husbandry--working with animals.

OMC Codes: 
230 Animal Husbandry
Louw Nida Codes: 
44 Animal Husbandry, Fishing
1O Pastures and Cultivated Lands
  • What words refer to animal husbandry?
    animal husbandry, tame, spray (for insects), brand,
  • What words are used of animal shelters and enclosures?
    shelter, barn, shed, corral, pen, stall, manger
  • Where do people keep birds?
    birdcage, chicken coop
  • Where do people keep fish?
    fish tank, fishbowl, aquarium, fishpond
  • Where do people keep insects?
    beehive
  • What words refer to breeding animals?
    breed, crossbred, crossbreed, hybrid, interbred, mongrel, stud
  • 6.3.1 Domesticated animal

    Use this domain for words related to domesticated animals. Add extra domains for specific domesticated animals in your culture such as elephants in east Asia, camels in the Middle East, and llamas in South America.

    OMC Codes: 
    231 Domesticated Animals
  • What words refer to a domesticated animal?
    domesticated animal, livestock, pet
  • What words refer to domesticating an animal?
    domesticate, tame, break (horse)
  • What words describe an animal that has been domesticated?
    domesticated, tamed, broken in
  • What animals are commonly domesticated?
    cow, goat, sheep, horse, donkey, dog, cat, chicken, duck, goose, turkey
  • 6.3.1.1 Cattle

    Use this domain for words related to cattle and the care of cattle.

  • What words refer to cattle?
    cattle, bovine
  • What words refer to male or female cattle?
    bull, cow
  • What words refer to young cattle?
    calf, bullock, heifer
  • What words refer to a castrated bull?
    ox, steer
  • What types of cows are there?
    Angus, aurochs, Brahma, Guernsey, Holstein, Jersey, longhorn, shorthorn
  • What are the parts of a cow?
    udder
  • How do cattle eat?
    graze, chew the cud
  • What sounds do cows make?
    moo, low, bellow, snort
  • Where are cows kept?
    cow pasture, cattle range, cow barn, cowshed, stall
  • What do cows produce?
    milk, blood, meat
  • What is the meat of a cow called?
    beef, steak, hamburger, minced meat, rump roast, fillet
  • 6.3.1.2 Sheep

    Use this domain for words related to sheep.

  • What words refer to sheep?
    sheep
  • What words refer to male or female sheep?
    ram, ewe
  • What words refer to young sheep?
    lamb
  • What words refer to a castrated sheep?
    wether,
  • What are the parts of a sheep?
    wool
  • What words refer to shearing a sheep?
    shear, fleece, karakul
  • What sounds do sheep make?
    baa, bleat
  • Where are sheep kept?
    pasture, range, pen, fold, sheepfold
  • What is a group of sheep called?
    flock
  • 6.3.1.3 Goat

    Use this domain for words related to goats.

  • What words refer to goats?
    goat
  • What words refer to male or female goats?
    billy, he-goat, nanny, she-goat
  • What words refer to young goats?
    kid
  • What sounds do goats make?
    bleat,
  • Where are goats kept?
    pasture, range, enclosure
  • What is a group of goats called?
    flock, herd
  • What is a person called who takes care of goats?
    goatherd
  • 6.3.1.4 Pig

    Use this domain for words related to pigs.

  • What words refer to pigs?
    pig, hog, swine
  • What words refer to male or female pigs?
    boar, sow
  • What words refer to young pigs?
    piglet, suckling
  • What do pigs eat?
    slop
  • What do pigs do?
    wallow, root, feed
  • What sounds do pigs make?
    grunt, squeal, snort
  • What is the meat of a pig called?
    pork, sausage, ham, pork chop, gammon steak, pork tenderloin
  • Where are pigs kept?
    pigsty, sty, pigpen, barn, shed, stall
  • 6.3.1.5 Dog

    Use this domain for words related to dogs.

  • What words refer to dogs?
    dog, hound, canine, stray, cur, mangy
  • What words refer to male or female dogs?
    bitch
  • What words refer to young dogs?
    puppy, pup, whelp
  • What types of dogs are there?
    basset, beagle, bloodhound, boxer, bulldog, Chihuahua, collie, dachshund, Doberman, German shepherd, greyhound, husky, Pekinese, poodle, retriever, setter, spaniel, terrier
  • What sounds do dogs make?
    bark, howl, yap, growl
  • Where are dogs kept?
    doghouse, kennel
  • 6.3.1.6 Cat

    Use this domain for words related to cats.

  • What words refer to cats?
    cat, feline
  • What words refer to male or female cats?
    tom, tomcat
  • What words refer to young cats?
    kitten
  • What words refer to types of cats?
    Angora, longhaired, shorthaired, Persian, Siamese, tabby
  • What do cats do?
    wash themselves, groom, hunt, stalk
  • What sounds do cats make?
    meow, mew, caterwaul, hiss, purr
  • 6.3.1.7 Beast of burden

    Use this domain for words related to animals that are used as a beast of burden--either to ride, to carry loads, or to pull vehicles. The questions refer to horses, but can be applied to any animal.

  • What types of beasts of burden are there?
    beast of burden, horse, equine, donkey, burro, ass, mule, camel, llama, elephant,
  • What words refer to male or female horses?
    stallion, mare
  • What words refer to young horses?
    colt, foal, filly
  • What words refer to a castrated male horse?
    gelding
  • What types of horses are there?
    Arabian, pinto, pony, thoroughbred, racehorse
  • Where are horses kept?
    stable, pasture, range, barn, shed, stall
  • What equipment is used to ride or harness a horse?
    saddle, bit, bridle, reins, harness, yoke
  • 6.3.2 Tend herds in fields

    Use this domain for words related to tending a herd in the fields.

    OMC Codes: 
    233 Pastoral Activities
  • What words refer to tending a herd in the fields?
    tend, graze, shepherd, herd, pasture, feed, look after animals
  • What words refer to a person who tends animals?
    herdsman, herder, cowboy, shepherd
  • What tools are used to tend animals?
    tether, rope, prod (stick to direct cattle), cowbell
  • What words refer to a place where animals can eat grass?
    pasture, field, range
  • 6.3.3 Milk

    Use this domain for words related to milking an animal.

    OMC Codes: 
    234 Dairying
  • What words refer to milking an animal?
    milk (v), milk (n), milk jug, bucket, dairy, dairy cow
  • 6.3.4 Butcher, slaughter

    Use this domain for words referring to killing animals and cutting them up for food.

  • What words refer to killing an animal?
    kill, butcher, slaughter, destroy, put down, put away, put something out of its misery,
  • What words refer to skinning an animal?
    skin, flay
  • What words refer to cutting up an animal?
    butcher, butchery, dress (meat)
  • What words refer to a place where animals are butchered?
    slaughterhouse, butchery,
  • 6.3.5 Wool production

    Use this domain for words related to wool production--cutting the hair off of a sheep.

    OMC Codes: 
    236 Wool Production
  • What words refer to cutting the hair off of a sheep?
    wool, shear, fleece
  • 6.3.6 Poultry raising

    Use this domain for words related to raising birds.

    OMC Codes: 
    235 Poultry Raising
  • What birds are domesticated?
    poultry, chicken, duck, goose, turkey, pigeon, canary, parrot, guinea fowl
  • Where are domesticated birds kept?
    hen house, duck pond, birdcage
  • What words refer to collecting eggs?
    gather eggs, collect eggs
  • What words refer to pulling the feathers off of a dead bird?
    pluck
  • 6.3.6.1 Chicken

    Use this domain for words related to chickens.

  • What words refer to chickens?
    chicken, rooster, cock, hen, chick
  • Where are chickens kept?
    chicken coop, coop, henhouse, roost
  • What do chickens do?
    scratch, roost
  • What noises do chickens make?
    cluck, crow, cock-a-doodle-doo, cheep
  • 6.3.7 Animal products

    Use this domain for words related to animal products.

    OMC Codes: 
    237 Animal By-Products
  • What useful things are produced by animals?
    hide, meat, blood, milk, eggs, wool, skins, leather, bone meal, fat, tallow, grease, horn, blood, feathers, down, silk
  • 6.3.8 Veterinary science

    Use this domain for words related to treating animal diseases.

    OMC Codes: 
    232 Applied Animal Science
  • What words refer to treating animal diseases?
    veterinarian, veterinary, animal diseases
  • 6.3.8.1 Animal diseases

    Use this domain for words related to animal diseases.

  • What types of animal diseases are there?
    hoof and mouth, cowpox
  • 6.3.8.2 Castrate animal

    Use this domain for words related to castrating animals. There are sometimes specific terms for castrated animals, such as 'steer--a male cow that has been castrated before maturity'.

  • What words refer to castrating an animal?
    castrate, spay, neutered
  • What words refer to a castrated animal?
    steer, ox (castrated bull), gelding