Parts of the Stomach
Vocab
External Anatomy
Beef Business
Misc
100

The smooth muscle tube that connects the mouth to the stomach.

Esophagus

100

A mature female bovine that has calved.

Cow

100

Part #1 

Muzzle

100

Which state produces the highest number of cattle?

Texas

100

A large group of animals, especially hoofed mammals, that live, feed, or migrate together or are kept together as livestock.

Herd

200

The large vat that contains microbes where food is fermented in the ruminant animal. 

Rumen

200

An infant bovine

Calf

200

External Anatomy Part #33

Neck

200

What is the percentage of ag sales spent on beef?

18%

200

At what age do feedlots buy calves?

1 year

300

The area with honeycomb walls that collects foreign objects

Reticulum

300

An intact male bovine.

Bull

300

External Anatomy Part #16

Quarter or Round

300

What are the four sections of operation in the beef industry?

Cow/Calf, Stocker, Feedlot, and Packer operations

300

The other name for the Bos Indicus Breed

Zebu

400

What is the function of the Omasum?

It's the round muscular part of the stomach that grinds food down and absorbs water. Looks like book pages.

400

A castrated male bovine

Steer

400

External Anatomy Part #21

Pastern

400

Which beef operations is responsible for breaking down beef cattle that are at harvest weight?

Packer

400

The Santa Gertrudis, Beefmaster, and Texas Longhorn are all examples of what breed of cattle?

Bos Indicus Breeeds

500

What is the function of the Abomasum?

The site of most of the chemical break down of food and nutrient absorption. 

500

An immature female bovine that has not yet calved. 

Heifer 

500

External Anatomy Part #19

Hock

500

When does the stocker operation buy weaned calves?

The fall

500

What does ADG stand for?

Average Daily Gain

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