Cattle

Breeds

100

This breed is commonly orange in color with long hair. The breed is currently trending on social media.

What is the Scottish Highland?

200

Developed in Texas, this breed descends from Spanish Andalusion cattle. It is recognizable for its color and long horns.

What is a Texas Longhorn?

300

This breed was developed on the Kings Ranch in Texas consisting of 3/8 Brahman and 5/8 Shorthorn.

What is Santa Gertrudis?

400

This breed is predominantly white in color and is known for its large size.

What is the Chianina?

500

This breed is the one of the most foundational breeds. Originating from Scotland it is solid black in color.

What is the Angus?

Breeds S'more

100

This breed looks like an oreo.

What is the Belted Galloway?

200

This breed can range in color from red to white to ROAN. This one would make a great rug and could provide high levels of milk production.

What is the shorthorn?

300

This breed is not a beef breed. It is black and white and can be seen on billboards advertising chicken.

What is the Holstein?

400

This breed is known for its quality meat characteristics. It is red with a white face.

What is the Hereford?

500

This breed is known for its ability to adapt to harsh climates. It is the foundation of all American Breeds of cattle.

What is the Brahman?

Digestion

100

This is the term defining the digestive system of a beef animal

What is ruminant?

200

This is the most important compartment of the ruminant digestive system where microbes exist to break down feed material consumed by the cattle.

What is the Rumen?

300

This compartment is the true stomach of cattle. The esophageal groove allows milk to pass directly to this compartment when calves are a on a milk diet.

What is the Abomassum?

400

This compartment has folds like the pages of a book and continues the digestive process.

What is the Omassum?

500

This compartment has honeycomb shaped walls and acts as a filter for the cattle digestive system.

What is the reticulum?

Terminology

100

This is the term for young female cattle that have not calved.

What is a heifer?

200

An animal that is good at producing milk and meat is known as this.

What is dual-purpose?

300

The most desirable trait when choosing genetics to breed a first time heifer to.

What is low birth-weight?

400

This is the person who does the initial raising and breeding of cattle. It is the first step in the beef production process.

What is the cow-calf producer?

500

This is the term for castrated male cattle.

What is a steer?

Terms Again

100

Cattle produce milk for their young classifying them as a __________.

What is a mammal?

200

When cattle throw up in their mouth to "chew their cud" this would be the technical term.

What is reverse peristalsis?

300

This is the step in the production process where cattle are finished out on grains.

What is the feedlot?

400

This is the term for cattle born without horns.

What is polled?

500

A confusing term for many people... it is actually simply the term for female cattle that have calved... not the population of cattle as a whole.

What is a cow?