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Spanish term or phrase:	Abuela
English translation:	female grandparent
Entered by:	John Cutler

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1:27pm Mar 25, 2008

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Spanish term or phrase: Abuela

My question is whether "grandmother" fits here. It makes me want to giggle : )

*I'll consider the most helpful answer the one that provides me with some authoritative evidence*

Here's all the context you might need:

Al igual que en otros países del mundo, el control de la enfermedad de Gumboro en América latina se realiza mediante el uso de vacunas tanto en las madres (reproductoras, abuelas, etc.) como en las progenies

John Cutler

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Clarification request(s) and response

aceavila - Noni: 4:01pm Mar 25, 2008: Just to clarify: a female grandparent is expected to produce good quality breeders (ie will have healthy and numerous offspring) but doesn't necessarily have to be so productive in terms of numbers herself.
Deborah Lockett: 9:17pm Mar 25, 2008: here they use "parent" and "grandparent" http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10....(2002)046[0017:ROSIFP]2.0.CO;2&ct=1&SESSID=24c95df8eb9b7d9331f1ddeca22b0e18
Deborah Lockett: 9:18pm Mar 25, 2008: http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi...(2002)046[0017%3AROSIFP]2.0.CO%3B2&ct=1&SESSID=24c95df8eb9b7d9331f1ddeca22b0e18
Deborah Lockett: 9:25pm Mar 25, 2008: Sorry for the mess with the broken link, it's very long, have posted it in an answer instead

female grandparent

Explanation:
It sounds better in this context than just "grandmother" and obviously more scientific.

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Note added at 45 mins (2008-03-25 14:13:12 GMT)
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Some scientific refs.
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=13...
http://www.agr.gc.ca/misb/aisd/poultry/phstpoh_e.htm
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/103/1/123.pdf

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Note added at 46 mins (2008-03-25 14:14:56 GMT)
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BTW the second reference pertains to poultry...

Selected response from:

Satto (Roberto)
Colombia

Note from asker to answerer

I talked with a technician here at the company I work at and he told me grandparent (stock) was correct. Thanks to everyone for their help and comments.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +4

Older (hens)

Dolores Carmona

4 +4

female grandparent

Satto (Roberto)

Grandmother

Dolores Vázquez

3 +1

grandmother

Sergio Gaymer

grandparent

Deborah Lockett

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

grandmother

Explanation:
I believe there is no other term

Sergio Gaymer
Chile
Native speaker of:

Spanish

4 mins confidence:

Grandmother

Explanation:
Ok

Reference: http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/FindTermsByLilId.do?lilId=135...

Dolores Vázquez
Spain
Native speaker of:

Galician,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 6

41 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

female grandparent

Explanation:
It sounds better in this context than just "grandmother" and obviously more scientific.

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Note added at 45 mins (2008-03-25 14:13:12 GMT)
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Some scientific refs.
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=13...
http://www.agr.gc.ca/misb/aisd/poultry/phstpoh_e.htm
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/103/1/123.pdf

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Note added at 46 mins (2008-03-25 14:14:56 GMT)
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BTW the second reference pertains to poultry...

Satto (Roberto)
Colombia
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Note from asker to answerer

I talked with a technician here at the company I work at and he told me grandparent (stock) was correct. Thanks to everyone for their help and comments.

36 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

Older (hens)

Explanation:
Abuelas are those which still can lay eggs, but past their 1st or 2nd. laying season.
In spanish, we use "abuelo" or "abuela" many times to define, for instance, persons that are older. When military service was compulsory in Spain, "abuelo" was the soldier who was about to finish the period of compulsory military service.
This is an example for something not related at all with hens, but I understand is equal with hen breeding.

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Note added at 1 hora (2008-03-25 14:36:10 GMT)
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Actually you may probably want to write only "hen" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken - "(...)Females over a year old are known as hens, and younger females are pullets(...)"...from the "Etimology" section).

Reference: http://www.google.es/search?hl=es&as_qdr=all&q=%22gumboro%22...

Dolores Carmona
Spain
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

Catalan

7 hrs confidence:

grandparent

Explanation:
sorry, I tried to post this link in my agree with Roberto and in a note with you, but it got broken because it's long.

It's a bilingual text and they use "parent" and "grandparent" for "reproductoras" and "abuelas" respectively:

Poultry environment samples were hatchery fluff from the hatcheries where eggs of grandparent broiler breeders or parent broiler breeder eggs were hatched

Las muestras del medio ambiente de las instalaciones avícolas incluyeron plumones de pollitos obtenidos en las incubadoras procedentes de huevos de abuelas y de reproductoras de engorde

Reference: http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi...

Deborah Lockett
Spain
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

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Spanish: Abuela

English translation: female grandparent