Genetics
What does homozygous dominant look like with the letter A?
AA
Milk is 88% what?
Water
What is the 2nd largest wholesale cut on beef cattle that encompasses the shoulder?
Chuck
What is the most common prevention for animal diseases?
Vaccine
What is the name for a mature, male sheep.
Ram
What does EPD stand for?
Estimated Progeny Difference
What is the most valuable cut of meat?
Loin
What is a young, female horse called?
Filly
Name at least common symptoms of animals with a disease.
Coughing, Restlessness, lethargy, no eating.
What's the difference between lamb and mutton
Lamb is a young/baby sheep.
Mutton is older sheep meat.
What does CED in EPD abbreviations?
What are two things that determine the quality of meat?
Maturity and Marbling
Foal- all baby horses, no gender
Filly- baby, female horse
Colt- baby, male horse
What does zoonotic mean?
A disease that can be transmitted between animals and animals.
What are 3 high quality characteristics of dairy cattle?
Deep Chest
Mammary Veins
What is the chances of getting a polled cow (dominant) if you mix a heterozygous polled cow with a homozygous horned bull?
50%
What is pasteurization and why is it important?
Process of heating milk below boiling point to kill off pathogens and bacteria.
What is the importance of water for the body?
Maintains body temperature
Helps excrete waste
Helps maintain moisture
Name a Zoonotic Disease
Coronavirus, rabies
What does raw milk mean?
Milk that is not pasteurized.
What is the importance in Genetics when choosing and breeding animals?
Determines ones that you want to keep and which ones to reproduce. Can determine good and bad genes that would follow in generations.
What are the 6 steps of dairy processing in order from when they arrive at the facility?
1. Clarification
2. Separation
3. Standardization
4. Pasteurization
5. Homogenization
6. Fortification
Name an example of a roughage
Name an example of concentrates
Name an example of supplements
Roughage- Grass Hay
Concentrates- Bone Meal, Corn Kernels
Supplements- Salt Block
What is a common cure for diseases?
Antibiotic medication
What is the name of the foal that will die in 3 days- mix of two recessive genes from paint horses.
Lethal White