Stud (animal)

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A stud in animal breeding is a male animal, such as a horse or dog, employed for breeding. The terms for the male of a given animal species (stallion, bull, rooster etc.) usually imply that the animal is entire, that is, not castrated, and therefore capable of standing at stud. A specialized vocabularly exists for de-sexed animals.

A stud farm, in animal husbandry, is an establishment for selective breeding using stud animals.

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