Terminology
Livestock Management
Fun Facts
Livestock Breeds
Bonus Breeds
100
Which of the following describes a group of sheep?
A) Herd
B) Flock
C) Litter
D) Pack
B) Flock
100
Which describes the process of administering liquid medicine to animals by mouth?
A) Docking
B) Vaccinating
C) Drenching
D) Flushing
C) Drenching
100
Which of the following is not a ruminant livestock animal?
A) Sheep
B) Goats
C) Horses
D) Cattle
C) Horses
100
What is the name of this beef cattle breed?
A) Simmental
B) Brahman
C) Hereford
D) Red Angus
C) Hereford
100
What is the name of this breed of laying hen?
A) Barred Rock
B) Rhode Island Red
C) White Leghorn
D) Silver Wyandotte
B) Rhode Island Red
200
Which of the following describes a livestock animal with only one stomach chamber?
A) Monogastric
B) Ruminant
C) Primigastric
D) Herbivore
A) Monogastric
200
Which type of breeding is most commonly used within the dairy cattle and swine industries?
A) Natural mating
B) Embryo transfer
C) Artificial insemination
D) Superovulation
C) Artificial insemination
200
True or False:
Chickens can see better than humans
True
Chickens can see visible light and ultraviolet light, while humans can only see visible light
200
What is the name of this dairy goat breed?
A) Nubian
B) Kiko
C) Saanen
D) Alpine
D) Alpine
200
What is the name of this dairy cattle breed?
A) Jersey
B) Holstein
C) Guernsey
D) Brown Swiss
A) Jersey
300
Which of the following describes a naturally hornless animal?
A) De-horned
B) Horned
C) Polled
D) Docked
C) Polled
300
Which of the following pieces of equipment would you use to castrate a livestock animal?
A) Balling gun
B) Drench gun
C) Lamb snare
D) Elastrator
D) Elastrator
300
True or False:
Most hogs used for meat production in the US swine industry are purebred
False
Typically a cross of 3-4 breeds
300
What two beef cattle breeds are typically crossed to produce this breed?
A) Hereford and Simmental
B) Hereford and Angus
B) Simmental and Angus
D) Charolais and Angus
B) Hereford and Angus
300
Which of the following is the most common meat goat breed in the US?
A) Kiko
B) Savanna
C) Boer
D) Toggenburg
C) Boer
400
Which of the following describes a castrated male pig?
A) Gilt
B) Boar
C) Wether
D) Barrow
D) Barrow
400
What do producers inject young piglets with to prevent anemia?
A) Copper
B) Iron
C) Iodine
D) Vitamin E
B) Iron
400
Which of the following is the world's most consumed meat?
A) Pork
B) Beef
C) Lamb
D) Poultry
A) Pork
400
Which pig breed should you primarily use if your goal is to produce fast-growing hogs with high-quality pork?
A) Yorkshire
B) Landrace
C) Chester White
D) Duroc
D) Duroc
400
Today's broiler chickens (meat birds) were developed from which two breeds?
A) Cornish and White Plymouth Rock
B) Cornish and White Leghorns
C) White Leghorns and Rhode Island Reds
D) White Plymouth Rocks and Big Red Broilers
A) Cornish and White Plymouth Rock
500
Which of the following describes a chicken that's primarily used for meat production?
A) Pullet
B) Broiler
C) Hen
D) Capon
B) Broiler
500
Which of the following is a cool-season grass that is commonly used for pasture in North Carolina?
A) Fescue
B) Bermudagrass
C) Switchgrass
D) Sorghum-Sudangrass
A) Fescue
500
Which breed of sheep can successfully breed outside of the normal breeding season?
A) Boer
B) Southdown
C) Dorset
D) Cheviot
C) Dorset
500
What is the name of this beef cattle breed?
A) Black Baldy
B) Belgian Blue
C) Chianina
D) Limousin
B) Belgian Blue
500
What is the name of this pig breed?
A) Berkshire
B) Yorkshire
C) Hampshire
D) Poland China
C) Hampshire