In
agriculture and in the
hobby of
animal fancy, a breeder is an individual animal used for
selective breeding. A breeder is usually a
purebred animal, bred with the intent of producing purebred, or even show-quality animals. However, in some cases, a breeding animal is
crossbred with another breed or a
mixed breed
A mixed breed is a domesticated animal descended from multiple breeds of the same species, often breeding without any human intervention, recordkeeping, or selective breeding. Examples include:
* Mixed-breed dog, a dog whose ancestry is compl ...
with the intent of combining aspects of two or more different breeds.
Purebred and registered animals
If the breeding is for a purebred animal that will be used for
exhibition
An exhibition, in the most general sense, is an organized presentation and display of a selection of items. In practice, exhibitions usually occur within a cultural or educational setting such as a museum, art gallery, park, library, exhibition ...
or future breeding (
pets or
livestock), the animal must be
registered
Registered may refer to:
* Registered mail, letters, packets or other postal documents considered valuable and in need of a chain of custody
* Registered trademark symbol, symbol ® that provides notice that the preceding is a trademark or service ...
and conform to the criteria laid out for that
breed
A breed is a specific group of domestic animals having homogeneous appearance (phenotype), homogeneous behavior, and/or other characteristics that distinguish it from other organisms of the same species. In literature, there exist several slig ...
in a
breed standard kept by a central authority, such as a
kennel club for dogs. In addition, the breed club, kennel club, or other governing authority may have other restrictions on the type of animal that can be used for breeding to produce offspring that can be registered.
For example, some
equine societies allow
backbred and
crossbred individuals to be bred from; most
dog clubs do not except in exceptional circumstances, by permission. Most kennel clubs allow any registered individual to be bred from; the individual breed club may have additional, stricter criteria. The
Mini Foxie Club of Australia, Inc., for example, requires adult dogs to be classified before being certified eligible for breeding of purebred
Miniature Fox Terriers. Some
Jack Russell Terrier and
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog clubs have similar requirements.
Terminology
In animal fancy,
human breeders have specialized words for breeding animals in some species:
(''Please list only if different for the words for the male and female of the species.'')
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Cat: Stud (male) and queen (female)
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Cattle: Bull (male) and heifer or cow (female)
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Dog: Stud (male) and brood bitch (female)
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Horse: Stallion (male) and mare (female)
*
Pigeon:
cock
Cock or cocks most commonly refers to:
* Cock (bird) or rooster, a male of any bird species
* Cock (slang), a slang term for the penis
Cock or cocks may also refer to:
Names
* Cock (surname)
* Cocks (surname)
Places
* Cocks Glacier, Ross Dep ...
(male) and
hen (female)
*
Sheep: Ram
[D’Arcy, J.B., Sheep Management & Wool Technology, NSW University Press, 1986, ] (male) and ewe (female)
*
Goat: Buck (male) and doe (female)
*
Guinea pig: Boar (male) sow (female)
*
Rabbit
Rabbits, also known as bunnies or bunny rabbits, are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also contains the hares) of the order Lagomorpha (which also contains the pikas). ''Oryctolagus cuniculus'' includes the European rabbit speci ...
: Buck (male) Doe (female)
These should not be confused with the words for the parents of offspring (i.e. sire and dam) or with the words for male and female of the species (i.e. dog and bitch). These terms specifically apply only to animals bred intentionally by serious animal breeders.
See also
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Animal fancy
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Dog breeding
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Domestic sheep reproduction
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American Kennel Club
The American Kennel Club (AKC) is a registry of purebred dog pedigrees in the United States. In addition to maintaining its pedigree registry, this kennel club also promotes and sanctions events for purebred dogs, including the Westminster Kenn ...
References
External links
breeders-international.com- The worldwide Community for Breeders
Animal breeding
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