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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

cover dates

English answer:

date of intercourse

Added to glossary by mediamatrix (X)
Mar 5, 2011 20:25
13 yrs ago
English term

cover dates

English Medical Livestock / Animal Husbandry
Can you tell me what this term means?

"Use only if the cover dates are known." In the package leaflet of a veterinary product.

Thank you very much.
Responses
3 +2 date of intercourse
4 +2 dates for mating
3 +1 expiration dates
Change log

Mar 14, 2011 18:48: mediamatrix (X) Created KOG entry

Discussion

Elenacb (asker) Mar 5, 2011:
Intercourse! Thank you very much, mediamatrix. That's what I thought it was but I wasn't certain. :-)
mediamatrix (X) Mar 5, 2011:
Context, please ... What kind of product is this? Drugs? Semen?

Responses

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6 mins
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date of intercourse

We're short on context here, but in animal husbandry 'cover' is often used to refer to intercourse.

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Peer comment(s):
neutral Martin Riordan : If it is a product applied during gestation, this could be the correct interpretation.
4 mins
That's precisely why I requested more context.
agree Lisa Miles : yes, live cover (as opposed to artificial insemination)
2 hrs
agree Pham Huu Phuoc : Breeding partner> either of a pair of animals that breed together
6 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you very much, all of you. I just needed some reassurance. The word I used in my (Slovak) translation is specific to pigs and thus the difference between "intercouse" and "mating" is not important. This was very helpul. Thank you!"
+1
9 mins

expiration dates

It could be that the leaflet was badly translated from another language. (Even the explanation in the Wikipedia link below suggests a bad translation!)

The context (veterinary product) suggests that it should be the expiration date (or expiry date in the UK), as these products deteriorate over time and should not be used after the expiration date.
Reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expiration_date

Peer comment(s):
neutral Jennifer Levey : If you've correctly guessed the context, this could be correct.// Sadly, you seem to have guessed the wrong context. But I'll not 'disagree' merely for that.
6 mins
I hadn´t thought of your context! "Mating" would be unambigious. In either case, the EN is inadequate. Now the asker has options!... Looks like it. Such is life!
agree Phong Le : my first impression
5 hrs
Thank you! Mine too, but I think it was the wrong one...
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+2
52 mins

dates for mating

Mating more usual than intercourse.
Peer comment(s):
neutral Jennifer Levey : Kindly explain the difference - without contravening the site rules.
1 min
Samantha has very kindly put in the explanation. Stallions cover mares. They don't have intercourse with the filly in the next field!! I am certain however that should either of our two arab stallions get into the next field it would be rape and neither c
agree Samantha Payn : In animal husbandry it is more usual to refer to mating than to intercourse. Both terms describe the sexual act for reproduction, but this one is more commonly met in animal husbandry.
3 hrs
Thanks for your explanation.
agree Phong Le
4 hrs
Merci.
neutral Martin Riordan : I think it would need to be "dates of mating". The use of a drug often depends on when an animal was mated, and seldom on when it will be mated, which is always an unknown factor.
4 hrs
Unless the drug is being used prior to mating.
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