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Questions and Answers List

Question	Answer
Male parent	Sire
Female parent	Dam
Offspring	Progeny
Process of becoming pregnant, involving fertilization and implantation	Conception
Pregnancy period in animals	Gestation period
Period for egg embryos to develop and hatch	Incubation period
Act of giving birth in mammals	Parturition
Act of laying eggs in avians	Oviposition
Difficulty in giving birth	Dystocia
Number of offspring per parturition	Litter size
Number of parturition in one year	Litter number
Milk produced prior to and shortly after parturition-rich in antibodies	Colostrum
First fecal matter of neonate	Meconium
Young animal from birth up to weaning	Suckling
Process of separating young animal from its dam	Weaning
Young animal separated from its dam	Weanling
Herb/Plant-eating animal	Herbivore
Flesh-eating animal	Carnivore
Plant and flesh-eating animal	Omnivore
Record of animal ancestry	Pedigree
Tamed animals	Docile
Animals active at daytime	Diurnal
Animals active at nighttime	Nocturnal
Animals active at twilight	Crepuscular
Group of mammals kept feeding and travelling together	Herd
Group of poultry and avians kept feeding and travelling together	Flock
Sexual maturity as exhibited by first heat and ovulation	Puberty
Shedding of egg from the ovary	Ovulation
Act of mating/sexual intercourse in animals	Coitus (Copulation)
Period of sexual receptivity in mammals, ready for mating	Estrus/Heat period
The recurring reproductive cycle in female animals, including estrus, ovulation, and changes in the uterine lining in preparation for pregnancy	Estrous cycle