Definition
What does it mean for an animal to be polled?
To naturally be born without horns.
What is the purpose of cross breeding?
To combine desirable traits to produce an animal better sought after on the market, more profitable.
What breed of beef cow is popular for it’s meat?
The Angus, not just the Brangus or the Red Angus >:(
Which breeding technique for beef cows increases heterosis when two or more breeds are mated to crossbred females? (Hint: graph looks like a staircase, time-consuming)
Rotational Cross or Sequence Breeding
Bunnies’ birthing process
Kindling
What is heterosis?
anything synonymous to “the tendency of a crossbred individual to show qualities superior to those of both parents.”
Why do lambs get part of their tails cut off?
To prevent disease.
What makes the Columbia different than the other breeds of sheep?
It is a crossbreed.
A Brangus is a mix of?
Immature Female Chicken (Hint: rhymes with mullet)
Pullet
What is colostrum?
A lamb’s first milk, which contains extremely important antibodies.
What is the first class in the Plant Science pathway?
This class! Principles of AFNR, or Floral Design.
What animal is used for it’s mohair?
The Angora Goat.
What breeding technique produces an “F1”
2 Breed Cross.
What is an immature female caprine? (Hint: Think of deer)
Doeling
What is lanolin?
Grease obtained from a sheep’s wool.
What are the 3 AFNR pathways?
Plant science, Manufacturing, and Animal Science
What type of Simbrah is undesirable? (Hint: color)
Gray
This breeding technique breeds 2 or more existing cross breeds. (Hint: Name synonymous to mixture)
Composite Breeding
Offspring of turkey
Poult
What is horticulture?
Anything relating to the practice of garden management or cultivation (raising)
What type of beef cattle has more skin than other types of beef cattle? (Hint: Not a specific breed, but a group)
American Beef Cattle
What animal was known as a “Shanghai”?
The Brahma Chicken.
What breeding technique has a crossbred female bred BACK to a bull of one of the parent’s breeds?
Backcross
Barrow
Castrated Male Pig