Reasons
True or False. In livestock reasoning, being balanced and proportional in design is considered a negative attribute.
False
True or False. Maturity plays an important role in the meat grading process.
True.
Powerful, extreme, and hard are used to describe which key term in judging?
Muscle
Which breed of cattle is mostly brown with 5 points of white?
Hereford
True or False. Marbling is not favorable, because it is unhealthy to the human diet.
FALSE!
What is the most important key term in judging?
Structure
In beef, what is the process in which cartilage turns to bone?
Ossification
Soft, wastey, and condition are all used to describe which key term in judging?
Fat
Length, width and height help decide what?
Volume or capacity
In pork, a marbling score above 6.0 is considered what?
Favorable
In giving reasons, what is a common word we want avoid?
Good
True or False. The older the carcass, generally the better the meat.
False.
If an animal is deeper bodied and bolder ribbed, what key term is being described?
Volume
Maturity class A & B are considered what?
Young
In cattle, the least favorable marbling score is what?
Devoid
If someone were to give the reason, "This animal has a wide pin-set" they would not be talking about which species?
Porcine
Flank Streaking is associated with what species?
Sheep
Being square hocked, and having a balanced hip describes a positive example of what key term?
Structure
What is the best classification of beef meat called?
USDA Prime
In beef, the most favorable marbling score is called what?
Abundant
If you are giving a good set of reasons, which species would you need to touch the most to make your best judgement?
Lamb
In pork, what would be the ideal color standard score?
1.0
Flexible, and free-moving help describe what in a given animal?
Soundness
Answer the following problem: B10 + D80 = ?
C80
What are the 4 ratings of meat that you would potentially purchase at a grocery store?
Prime, Choice, Select, Standard