Eazy Peezy
Little Harder
Better Breeding
Good Idea or Not?
This Little Piggy!
100

Animal's male parent

Sire

100

Animal's physical characteristics

Phenotype

100

Controlling mating by keeping females and males apart until desired time of breeding

Hand Mating

100

Breeding which attempts to maintain a close relationship to a highly regarded ancestor

Linebreeding

100

The average Terminal Sire Index (TSI) is _____.

100

200

Animal's female parent

Dam

200

An animal's genetic composition

Genotype

200

What does AI stand for?

Artificial Insemination

200

Mating of related individuals in which the sire and dam share at least one ancestor

Inbreeding

200

What does NBA stand for in swine?

Number Born Alive

300

Animal produced by parents

Offspring

300

What does EPD stand for?

Expected Progeny Differences

300

Which species must be bred by AI due to their inability to bred naturally?

Turkeys

300

Which breed of horses allows AI and embryo transfers to recip mares?

Quarter Horses

300

At what rib is backfat measured?

10th

400

The length of time a baby is carried

Gestation

400

Abnornmal slow or difficult birth

Dystocia

400

Used mostly by the poultry and rabbit industry; females are mated individually by a superior male kept by himself in a pen or coop

Stud Mating

400

Breeding one breed to another breed is called _____.

Crossbreeding

400

What does TSI stand for in swine?

Terminal Sire Index

500

The act of giving birth (all species)

Parturition

500

Early pregnancy embryos are removed from a superior female and placed into a suitable recipient female

Embryo Transfer/Transplant

500

Which breed of horses is not permitted to use AI?

Thoroughbreds

500

Which breed was developed in south Texas by crossing Brahman, Hereford and Shorthorns?

Beefmaster

500

In swine EPDs, it is days to _____ pounds

250

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