Animal Diseases
What is a disease that grows in the absence of oxygen?
Symptoms: lameness, inability to stand, high fever, death, depression
What is Blackleg
What is a major source of protein for swine feed rations?
What is Soybean meal
A procedure in which an embryo from a super-ovulated female is removed and implanted in the uterus of another female.
What is Embryo Transfer
Provide adequate ______ and _______to livestock at all times.
What is food and water
What is the optimal body condition score for a cow prior to having a calf?
What is 5-6
What is a disease caused by a microorganisms, and causes heavy economic losses in the cattle industry.
Symptoms:a cow aborting her fetus during pregnancy, sterility, reduced milk flow, enlarge testicles, - no cure
What is Brucellosis
Which nutrient is easily digested by livestock and have lots of energy?
What is fat
The Process of collecting sperm cells from a male animal and manually depositing them into the reproductive tract of a female.
What is Artificial Insemination
Provide safe and __________ working facilities for livestock at all times.
What is humane
Low labor -Natural -Relatively inexpensive breeding techniques for livestock
What is Natural Breeding
When observing your cattle you notice than one has a arched back, stiff in its movement and is not chewing its cud as it should be, what does your cow have?
What is Hardware Disease
What provides the main sources of energy for livestock?
(growth, maintenance, reproduction)
What is Carbohydrates?
When cattle can produce many embryos, causing them to produce several oocytes during each estrus cycle. (more eggs than a normal cycle)
What is that called?
What is Superovulation
What was the first federal law dealing with the humane treatment of animals?
What is 1873
(mandated that feed / water be available when transported)
What type of feed additive or drug would be best to help a producer control roundworms in cattle?
Anthelmintics
What disease can be caused by? sudden death of heavily muscled hogs, twitching tail, trembling, nervous.
What is PSS?
Pork Stress Syndrome
What is a useful tool for balancing rations of feeds?
(calculating rations)
What is Pearson Square
To propagate sexually under natural conditions.
What is Natural Breeding
What was the first federal act that had to do with inspected slaughter plants to comply with humane methods of slaughter?
What is Federal Humane Slaughter Act of 1958
What is the breeding method that requires more labor than natural breeding -Requires specific equipment
What is AI
What disease can be passed through the saliva of animals?
What is Rabies?
What ingredients are added to feeds, to help with accelerating growth, feed efficiency, and weight gain?
What is Feed additives?
When producers pick a Bull to breed their cows to, what is this called?
What is Selective Breeding
(Sire Selection)
What was the first animal care Act that had to do with the sale, transportation, research and treatment of pets and animals?
What is Animal Welfare Act of 1966
What is the length of estrus for most livestock?
What is 21 days
(cattle, pigs, horses)
(sheep is 17)