Food Production
The % of the world's land area that is suitable for production of foods that can be directly consumed by humans
What is 11%?
The order of the four compartments of the bovine stomach
The term for any animal products other than meat
What are by-products?
The location of microbial digestion in cattle
What is the rumen?
Cows should not be confined in a holding pen for more than this amount of time before milking
What is 2 hours?
Selenium and manganese are examples of this type of necessary dietary mineral
What are trace minerals?
The phase of the lactation cycle that cows are typically rebred
What is phase one?
Both rye and barley are susceptible to contamination with this type of fungus which causes reduced blood flow to the limbs and necrosis
What is ergot (black fungus)?
The two things emphasized in a breeding soundness examination of male cattle
What are vision and conformation?
Ruminants are unable to synthesize these when they are ill
What are water-soluble vitamins?
This type of breeding system involves the mating of several generations of offspring to an ancestor that has exhibited superiors traits
What is line breeding?