Cattle Breeds and characteristics
What is the difference between polled and non-polled cattle?
Polled = no horns
non-polled = horned
Feet first then head
What is the name of a female that has not calved yet?
Heifer
38 degrees Celsius
What is the sport that Miss Ilka regularly plays?
Netball
Name a breed of Bos Indicus origin.
Brahman
What does AI stand for?
Artificial insemination
What are the two parts of cattle feed?
Roughages (hay/grass) and concentrates (grains, additives, molasses)
How many Parkruns (approximately) has Miss Ilka done?
about 380
What are the origins of Bos Indicus and Bos Taurus cattle?
Bos Indicus = India
Bos Taurus = Europe
How long is the gestation period in cows?
9 months
What are the 5 management practices that are carried out at marking time?
Branding, castrating, ear tagging, vaccination, dehorning, drenching.
What disease causes a loss of milk production and can be treated with penicillin?
Mastitis
What uni did Miss Ilka first graduate from?
The University of Queensland.
Name 4 beef cattle breeds.
Answers can include: angus, charolais, hereford, limousin, brahman, murray grey, lowline
What are the 3 main methods of castration?
Knife, band, bloodless castrators (crushing)
What are some enterprises that can be run with beef cattle?
Sheep, dairying or cropping
What causes Bloat and how can it be treated?
A build up of gas from eating legumes, treated by drenching.
What year did Miss Ilka graduate from Lockyer?
2018
Name the 6 breeds of dairy cattle.
Brown swiss, Ayrshire, Guernsey, Holstein-Friesian, Jersey and Illawarra.
Typically, how old are bulls when first used for breeding?
18 months of age
Strip grazing is limiting a crop to the cattle by fencing off a small area and only moving the fence along the paddock once they have completely eaten the piece off.
Culling the infected cattle and quarantine other cattle
What is the genre of music Miss Ilka generally listens to?
Power Metal