breeds of cattle
bred in Jamaica and noted for its milk production
What is Jamaica Hope?
Largest part of the digestive system
What is the Rumen?
The act of giving birth
What is parturition?
first milk
what is colustrum?
Breed from Trinidad and Tobago
What is Buffalypso?
The part of the digestive system responsible for catching the foreign matter swallowed by the cow
What is the reticulum?
The time when a female bovine can be mated successfully
What is oestrus/ heat?
Painful swelling of the teats
What is mastitis?
Breed of Cattle noted for its black coat, beef production and originated from the Caribbean
What is the Jamaica Black?
The material that is found in grasses that ruminants digestive system is specialised to process
What is cellulose?
Breeding animals without the use of a bull
What is artificial insemination?
cup used to collect the first milk used to identify is udder is infected
what is strip cup?
Breed of cattle originated from India and noted for its large hump on its neck
What is Zebu?
grasses fed to ruminants
What is fodder?
number of days between each cycle
What is 21 days?
Used to supply extra minerals to a animals diet
What is mineral lick?
The person responsible for introducing a breed of bovine made from crossing various types of river buffalo
Who is Dr Stephen Bennet?
What are the waste products of the digestive system
What are urine, dung and methane?
Place where cows are bought in order to give birth
What is calving pen?
Uses of cattle
Dairy, meat and as draught animals