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Animals who are ____________________ are complete in their natural growth and development . Being able to recognize signs that animals are at this stage allow producers to manage processing and reproduction .

If a producer does not want a male animal to reproduce , they will ____________________ them .

When an animal does reproduce , it results in ____________________ . The very earliest stage of development of this new animal is an ____________________ .

A dairy farmer has a cow that produces more milk than any of the other cows in his herd . He would love to have very many more cows like her . He decides to use some of his lower - producing cows as surrogates and uses ____________________ to produce several offspring from this one cow .

Researchers discover that a pig involved in their studies produces an enzyme that has cancer - fighting properties . None of their other pigs have this trait . They want to continue to study this in even more pigs , so they decide to use ____________________ to create more pigs with the same DNA .

Most farmers who have limited labor and need to use inexpensive methods use ____________________ to produce the next generation in their herd .

____________________ is a way for farmers to bring in next genes to their herd without having to physically buy and take care of multiple males animals . However , it does require more labor and specific equipment .