Species & Terminology
What animal has the longest gestation period?
Horse
What identification method involves a chain worn around the neck, typically used for dairy cattle?
Neck Chain
Who is the man responsible for the five basic rules of genetics?
What is the most common and abundant cereal grain used in animal feed?
Corn
What is the name for the process of removing young animals from their mother's milk?
Weaning
What is the term for a sheep that is younger than one year of age?
Lamb
What is the most common type of fencing used in the goat industry?
what is the process of taking a genetic copy of a superior animal to reproduce its genotype?
What is the general term for a substance or chemical compound required by an animal for productive purposes?
Nutrient
In freeze branding, the branding iron is chilled using which substance?
Liquid Nitrogen
Fat rendered from pork carcasses in known by what name?
Lard
Farrowing crates
CIDR devices control which hormone to synchronize esturs?
Progesterone
What is the term for the total amount of material an animal consumes in one day?
Ration
What type of injection is inserted into the jugular vein?
Intravenous
Which species in NOT considered a ungulate (hoofed mammal)?
Chicken
What is the name of the housing area where piglets are kept immediately after being weaned?
Nursery
Which breeding method focuses on utilizing a superior female to enhance the genetics of a whole herd?
Embryo Transfer
Fats and oils contain how many times more energy than carbohydrates?
2.25
What is administered to piglets to prevent anemia?
Iron
What is the scientific term for "overeating disease" in livestock?
Enterotoxemia
What type of housing is used for feeding pigs until they reach weaning weight?
Finishing barn
ZW
What is the first milk produced by a mother after birth and is essential for newborns?
Colostrum
What is the term for the increased performance seen in crossbred offspring over their purebred parents?
Hybrid Vigor