The Importance Of Livestock
_______________ are used to feed calves before weaning without having to worry about adult cows gaining access to the feed.
Creep Feeders
If you are restraining a horse during a procedure and it becomes fractious, you should
Pull the horse’s head toward you
Dye appearing across the back of a cow in standing heat was caused by a ____
Teaser animal
As much as ______ of health-related disease in large animals can be related to improper nutrition.
90%
Grade A milk must have no detectable :
Antibiotics
When approaching a horse on the near side
Approach at a 45° angle to the left shoulder
A heifer should be at __________ of its mature cow weight before breeding.
60% to 65%
________ contain less than 18% crude fiber.
Cereal grains
Modern-day livestock producers lose ____________ of their incomes to parasites, toxins, and diseases affecting their animals
15-20%
_______________ is characteristic of goats, whereas __________________ is characteristic of sheep.
Form a social hierarchy, tend to behave as a group
Which hormone causes lysis of the corpus luteum if pregnancy does not occur?
Prostaglandin
Ruminants are unable to synthesize _____________ when they are ill.
Water-soluble vitamins
The U.S. state that leads the nation in the production of beef cattle is ________ and of dairy products is ________.
Texas, California
_______________ are one of the reasons why cattle do not like to move forward through alleyways.
Shadows
During which phase of the estrous cycle do follicles appear on the ovary, and during which phase does a ruptured follicle become a corpus luteum.
Proestrus, metaestrus
In ruminants, the path of feedstuff through the stomachs is
Rumen, reticulum, omasum, abomasum
Only about _______ of the world’s land area is suitable for production of foods that can be directly consumed by humans.
11%
If a ruminant needs to be placed in lateral recumbency for longer than ____________, withhold food and water for _____________ to reduce the risks of bloat and regurgitation.
30 minutes, several hours
During parturition, oxytocin is responsible for
Myometrial contractions
Microbial digestion occurs in the ________, whereas digestion by hydrochloric acid and enzymes occurs in the ________.
Rumen, abomasum