True or False
A castrated male goat and a castrated male sheep are both called wethers.
What is True
Parturition is
What is giving birth to offspring?
The primary goal of livestock handling is minimizing stress on the animal
What is True
The cycle of the females body providing an egg.
What is estrous?
A young female chick is called
What is a pullet
What is the longest phase- luteal or follicular?
What is Luteal (It is 17 days)
The reproductive type that has the lowest labor, natural and is relatively inexpensive and has the male on the farm.
What is Natural Breeding?
The egg is fertilized in the oviduct.
What is true.
The adult male of the goats.
What is a buck?
To propagate from genetic material such as an ear.
What is Cloning?
What is the term for the release of the egg from the ovary's follicle?
What is ovulation?
Proper livestock care is important as a livestock producer because....
What is Livestock that are treated inhumanly don’t gain weight or reproduce well thus reducing profitability.
-For ethical reasons.
-To please consumers
The egg becomes the zygote and then an embryo.
What is true.
To propagate sexually under natural conditions.
What is Natural Breeding?
What is the phase name for when the mature egg is about to release?
What is follicular?
Requires more labor than natural breeding -Requires specific equipment and is more costly but provides more superior genetics from the male.
What is AI?
The only purpose for dehorning animals is to protect humans from being injured by animals.
What is False
What is expected progeny differences?
What is gestation?
What is the term for pregnancy in livestock?
Livestock must _______________ in order to guarantee a quality food supply.
What is reproduce?