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What type of digestive system to cattle have?
Ruminant
Name three beef breeds
Black Angus
Brangus
Brahman
Hereford
Simmental
Limmousin
Belted Galloway
Name three breeds of dairy cattle
Holstein
Aryshire
Gurnsey
Brown Swiss
Jersey
Milking short horn
Name three breed of chicken
Rhode Island Red
Plymouth
Wyandotte
Orpington
Leghorn
Cornish
Name three breeds of swine
Duroc
Yorkshire
Hampshire
Berkshire
Chester White
Landrace
Why would artificial inseminations be better than natural inseminations?
-Less painful for female
-Sperm is released closer to egg
-Can increase genetics
What are the three stages of the beef life cycle
Cow-calf
Backgrounder stocker
Feedyard
Which breed of dairy cattle produces the most milk on average?
Holstein
What is the difference between broiler and layer chickens
Broiler= meat
Layer= Egg
Name two different housing types for Swine
Hoop Housing
Free Range
Confinement
______________is the distance in which a human can approach an animal before it is going to run away
Flight zone
What are the primal cuts of beef
Chuck
Rib
Loin
Brisket
Round
Flank
Plate
What type of milking system is common for modern dairy farms?
Carousel/Robotic milker
What is the difference between free range and cage free housing
free range= access to the outdoors
cage free= indoors but out of cages
What types of digestive system to swine have?
Monogastric
What are the four main products we get from livestock?
Meat
Dairy
Eggs
Fiber
What does it mean when cattle are polled
Do not have horns
Does milk every contain antibiotics?
No, any milk containing antibiotics is dumped
Which part of the egg will the chick develop from?
the germinal disc
Why do we typically ear notch swine for identifcation?
Cost Efficient
Clear and will not become hard to read
Name 4 items that should always be on a feed tag
Brand Name
Product Name
Description of Purpose
Guaranteed Analysis
Ingredient List
Directions of Use
Manufacturer Information
Quantity Information
What type of identification do we typically use for beef
Hot or freeze branding/ Ear tag
Why do we not need bulls on a dairy farm
They do not produce milk
We use artificial insemination
We only need one bull
Why can chicks still produce fertilized eggs after a rooster has left the farm for up to 2 weeks?
Sperm host gland
Which country owns the majority of pork processing plants in the United States?