breeding condition

  • 1breeding ground — n. 1. a place where many animals of a specified kind breed [swamps are breeding grounds for mosquitoes] 2. a place, condition, etc. that fosters some activity, idea, etc …

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  • 2plant breeding — Introduction       application of genetic (genetics) principles to produce plants that are more useful to humans. This is accomplished by selecting plants found to be economically or aesthetically desirable, first by controlling the mating of… …

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  • 3Horse breeding — Mares and foals Horse breeding is reproduction in horses, and particularly the human directed process of selective breeding of animals, particularly purebred horses of a given breed. Planned matings can be used to produce specifically desired… …

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  • 4Dog breeding — is the practice of mating selected specimens with the intent to maintain or produce specific qualities and characteristics. A litter of puppies and their mother Dogs reproduce without human interference, so their offsprings characteristics are… …

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  • 5Good breeding — Good Good, a. [Compar. {Better}; superl. {Best}. These words, though used as the comparative and superlative of good, are from a different root.] [AS. G[=o]d, akin to D. goed, OS. g[=o]d, OHG. guot, G. gut, Icel. g[=o][eth]r, Sw. & Dan. god, Goth …

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  • 6Australian sheep breeding value — noun a genetic ideal for Australian sheep, used as a measure of the genetic potential that a sheep will pass on to its progeny by ignoring other factors such as condition, age of ewe, and single or twin, that mask the basic genetic make up of the …

  • 7columbiform — ▪ bird Introduction   any member of the group of birds (bird) that contains the pigeons (pigeon), doves (dove), dodoes (dodo), and solitaires (solitaire). The order Columbiformes is divided into the Raphidae, a family of extinct birds that… …

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  • 8Budgerigar — Male at Cologne Zoo, Germany Conservation status …

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  • 9apodiform — ▪ bird Introduction   any member of one of two groups of birds (bird), the swifts (swift) and the hummingbirds (hummingbird), that are very different from one another in general appearance and way of life. The two groups, considered suborders,… …

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  • 10Ord's Kangaroo Rat — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) …

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