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Any factor that lowers the production potential of a system.
What is a limiting factor?
Removing an old tractor (without appropriate safety features) from a farm would be an example of which risk management category?
A) Engineering Control
B) Elimination
C) Substitution
B) Elimination
Which of the following EBV relates to fertility or calving?
A) Fat Depth
B) Milk
C) Docility
D) Gestation Length
D) Gestation Length
This type of serious illness is caused by a toxin. The first outbreak in Australia was in 1938. Cattle affected by this cannot be milked. This disease paralyses animals, birds and humans. Seven types of the toxin have been identified, designated A-G. In Australia, most outbreaks in cattle and sheep are due to type C or D, although there have been cases of Type B in dairy cattle in South Australia.
Botulism.
This is also known as catsear and false dandelion. It is a perennial plant originally from Europe. It is a problem in __________ pastures because it can cause stringhalt when it is grazed. Australian Stringhalt is a condition of _________ resulting in the hindlegs jerking upwards when walking. The legs reach up and sometimes even contact the belly region of the animal.
Name the livestock?
Horse
According to the specific requirements for the land transport of cattle, the maximum time off water (hours) for cattle over 6 months old is:
A)12
B) 24
C) 48
D) 72
C) 48 hours
What is the collective noun for beef cattle?
Herd
This farm animal has no sweat glands and so they roll in the mud to keep cool and to prevent sunburn.
Pigs
Any condition that causes that produces an adverse change in the normal functioning of an organism.
What is a disease?
Common causes of injuries can include lifting, pulling and pushing heavy objects. These activities are collectively known as
Manual handling
Intramuscular Fat relates to which category of EBV:
A) Weight
B) Fertility/Calving
C) Carcase
D) Other
C) Carcase
A vaccine preventable, viral disease that affects the central nervous system. Once symptoms appear, this disease is almost 100% fatal. The most common way for this virus to be transmitted to humans is via dog bites.
Name the disease
Rabies
Bulky feeds that are high in fibre and vary in protein, depending on the source.
Roughages
When land transporting calves less than 30 days old, the guidelines state that they should have:
1) protection from excess heat, sun, wind and rain, in a vehicle that has an enclosed front and that provides effective airflow
2) be kept clean and dry
3) ............................
Have bedding
What is the collective noun for horses?
Herd
What was the first farm animal to be domesticated?
Goats
The result of crossing different varieties of plants or different animals to create new varieties or breeds.
What is a hybrid?
Tractors, aircraft, quad bikes and other vehicles cause over ____% of workplace deaths in Australia?
75%
There is an EBV that refers to the quality of being quiet and easy to influence, persuade, or control.
What is the name given to that quality?
Docility
JEV is a flavivirus related to dengue, yellow fever and West Nile viruses. JEV is the main cause of viral encephalitis in many countries of Asia. It is spread through bites from mosquitoes which become infected through biting infected pigs and waterbirds.
JEV is endemic to the Torres Strait region of Australia and has now been detected in humans, animals and mosquitoes on the Australian mainland.
Name the disease
Japanese encephalitis virus
This plant is considered a weed because it reduces pasture productivity and is toxic to livestock. It can degrade the environment, compromising habitat values by crowding out and supressing native vegetation. Hay and grain infested with it will also fetch lower prices. It is purple in colour and originating in Europe.
Name the plant
Paterson's Curse
(Echium plantagineum)
also: purple viper's-bugloss
Government releases policy to phase out battery eggs. The decision to phase out battery eggs in Australia has been put back to state and territory governments after a meeting between Australia's agriculture ministers.
What year will is be phased out by?
2036
What is the collective noun for sheep?
Flock
What farm animal is the closest living relative of a T-Rex?
Chickens
Processing a product in some manner, which enables the product to be sold at a higher price.
What is value adding?
Managing risks associated with quad bikes can include:
1) ensuring riders are trained
2) not riding across steep slopes
3) not using towing attachments when they are on unsuitable tewrrain
4) not overloading them
5) never carrying a passenger on a single rider bike
6) never letting children ride adult sized bikes
7) always wearing a helmet
8 __________________________________
fitting them with roll over protection
The following EBVs fall under the category of Fertility/Calving ease:
Scrotal size, Days to calving, Gestation length, and .....
Calving ease
This is a serious and contagious animal disease that affects all cloven-hoofed animals including cattle, sheep, goats, camelids, deer and pigs.
This disease is not transmitted to humans by eating affected meat but is a virus carried by live animals and in meat and diary products, as well as in the soil, bones, untreated hides, vehicles and equipment used with susceptible animals.
What is the disease?
Foot and Mouth Disease
This feed is a deep rooted, temperate, perennial pasture legume which is well adapted to mixed farming systems in Australia. It provides an alternate source of forage for animal production.
It provides about 18% protein (sometimes higher) and is generally very nutritious and a source of fibre. It can be a problem for horses as it increases their body's requirement for water and urea levels in the blood can climb which results in intestinal disturbances, high levels of ammonia in the blood, nerve irritability. Small doses for horse feed is acceptable but this needs to be complementary with additional feed options.
I am ....
Lucerne
Name the 5 domains of animal welfare
Nutrition - availability of feed and water
Environment - atmospheric conditions
Health - presence or absence of disease/injury
Behaviour - restriction or expression of behaviour
Mental State - subjective feelings and experiences
What is the collective noun for oats?
A sheaf of oats is a captivating and picturesque collective noun phrase used to describe a specific grouping of grain.
These feathery farm animals are faithful, mate for life and mourn when their partner dies.
Geese
The monetary measure that assesses the value of all the finished goods and services that are produced within a country, usually determined on a yearly basis; often used as a measure of the standard of living for a country.
What is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
Tractors can overturn on any terrain, but particularly:
- uneven ground
- over slopes
- near water
- when towing or moving loads
- ......................................
travelling at inappropriate speeds
Under the EBV category for weight, name the correct day weight options
- 400 day weight
- 600 day weight
This is a serious bacterial disease in sheep and cattle. It causes acute fatal septicaemia, and is also transferable to humans. Without treatment, the risk of death from this disease include:
skin infection - 25%
intestinal infection - 25%-75%
Respiratory infection - 50% - 80%
What is the disease?
Anthrax
This is a viscous substance, principally obtained by refining sugarcane. It can be mixed with cattle feed and is attractive to most livestock promoting appetite by its flavour and smell, which can mask unpalatable feed elements. It will also help increase the digestibility of all feds.
Molasses
Under the law, to be labelled _________ the product must come from females that are able to roam and forage outdoors for at least eight hours a day. The maximum stocking density for this type of farming is 10,000 females per hectare of land or 1 per square metre.
Free range eggs
What is the collective noun for ducks on the water is a flock, raft or .......
Paddling
These farm animals have a memory of about three years, can recognise their name, and lie down when they sense a strong storm coming.
Cows