Animal Contributions to Human Needs
This livestock species has the highest numbers worldwide.
Chickens
Nonfat dry milk and cheese are the most significant export items of this industry.
Dairy
Elastrator may be used for these two purposes.
Castration or tail docking
Livestock are harvested here.
Packing plants
A French straw gun is used for this purpose.
Breeding
This is one of the largest single sources of food from animals.
Milk
A mature female horse is called this.
Mare
Clamp or slap tattooers are used for this purpose.
Animal identification
This type of red meat controls the majority market share of meat spending.
Beef
In the livestock world, this is what AI stands for.
Artificial insemination
This type of animal utilizes land that is unsuitable for growing food for humans.
Ruminants
Western rangelands produce 80% of the U.S. production of this species.
Sheep
A hog snare is used for this purpose.
Animal restraint
This is a response curve of the quantities of product consumers will buy at various prices.
Demand
This viral disease of broilers has no treatment but does have a vaccine.
Marek's Disease
Inedible tallow and grease are examples of these.
By-products
The production of this specific type of animal is concentrated in the southeastern United States.
Broiler
A twitch is used on this species of livestock.
Horse
Goat meat may also be called this.
Chevon
This stage takes place over the first 10-14 days of a chick's life.
Brooding stage
Tractors have replaced most animals originally used for these purposes.
Draft purposes
These are the three phases of commercial beef cattle production.
Cow-calf, stocker-yearling, feedlot
Ram
This is sometimes referred to as yield.
Dressing percentage
Cows should be bred 12 hours after this type of heat.
Standing heat