L
Glossary
Lactation
(for beef cattle)
The
period of calf nursing between birth and weaning.
Lean
Meat
Meat
with the connective tissue limits, but free of visible fat.
Libido
Sex
drive. In males, the propensity to detect and mate estrous females.
Life
history
Life
history refers to the full cycle of an animal’s reproductive and productive herd
life.
Linear
scoring
The
visual assessment of an animal for one or more morphological characteristics
using a linear scale which represents the biological extremes in the population
of animals under consideration.
Link
Sire
A
sire with descendents in two or more contemporary groups.
Live
finish weights
Live
weight collected at time of harvest or slaughter.
Live
weight gain
The
weight gained between two weight measurements during an animals life divided by
time between the measurements in units (e.g. days).
Locus
The
specific location of a gene on a chromosome.
Longevity
Duration
of life.