Beef Management Practices
What do you call a cattle's area of safety and comfortability?
Flight Zone
Which goat breed undergoes a temporary paralysis when frightened?
Myotonic Goat
What is the universal swine identification system ?
Ear notching
Which breed classification is a cross breed between a fine wool breed and a long wool breed?
Medium wool breeds
Foot rot is caused by what?
Anaerobic Bacteria
True or False, beef is the highest consumed meat in the US
False: beef is the second highest consumed meat in the US, chicken is the first
According to the ICEV presentation, what is the leading state in the milk goat industry?
California
What is the gestation length for swine?
114 days or 3 months 3 weeks 3 days
What is the gestation length in sheep?
148 days
What is the study of fungi?
Mycology
a number estimate of breeding potential for characteristics, such as gain, muscling and maternal and carcass traits
EDPs
When should a goat’s hooves be trimmed?
When the sidewall of the hoof extends past the sole of the foot
What is a main factor in selecting breeding hogs?
Structural correctness
______________ are a common problem of sheep as they attach to the lining of the digestive tract where they absorb nutrients and suck blood
Internal parasites
milk which creates maternal immunity
Colostrum
What is the most intensely managed area of beef cattle production?
Nutrition
What is the fiber produced from the undercoat of a goat’s pelt?
Cashmere
a form of ownership or strategic management where all or more than one section of an industry is combined under the same ownership
Vertical Integration
______ is known as removing the wool around the dock and mammary glands
Tagging
A decrease in ______ decreases the effectiveness of a vaccination or medication
Protein Molocules
What type of beef cattle operation has a permanent heard of cows?
cow/calf operation
Whiat is the most prevalent disease in goat operations?
Enterotoxemia
The period of time in a sow’s cycle when she is receptive to a boar for breeding purposes
Estrus
Which disease causes stones or crystals to be formed in the urinary tract?
Urinary calculi
What shape is a cocci bacterium
spherical