Horse Breeding
FOAL=A young, unweaned horse of either sex
COLT=A male horse up to three years of age
DAM=Female parent of the horse
ARTIFICALINSEMINATION=Introducing sperm into the female tract by nonnatural means
JENNET=Female donkey; also called jenny
MAIDENMARE=Female horse that has not been bred or produced a foal
GESTATION=The period in which a female horse is pregnant
GELDING=A castrated male horse
MARE=Female horse over the age of three
SIRE=Male parent of the horse
STALLION=Male horse over four years of age
COLOSTRUM=First milk secreted by the mare per foaling; high in antibodies
ESTRUS=Period of sexual excitement during which the female will accept the male in the act of mating
JACK=Male donkey
FLUSHING=The process of removing the embryo from a mare in preparation for transfer
EMBRYOTRANSFER=Removal of developing embryos from one mare and their transfer to the uterus of another
DYSTOCIA=A difficult birth in a mare