Genetics
What is the difference between a genotype and pheotype?
genotype: genes
phenotype: physical characteristics expressed
What nutrient group provide energy reserves, protection for vital organs, and insulates the body?
Fats
This disease is usually caused by bacteria that get into the udder through the teat opening. Symptoms include: inflamed udder; swollen, hot, hard, or tender quarter; drop in milk production, abnormal milk, and the animal goes off feed.
Mastitis
- heterozygous
- homozygous dominant
- homozygous recessive
heterozygous: Hh
homozygous dominant: HH
homozygous recessive: hh
What nutrient group is INORGANIC substances that are generally found in teeth and bones?
Minerals
This disease is caused by a virus and affects turkeys and chickens. Symptoms include coughing, sneezing, and weight loss. Good management practices help prevent the spread of the disease.
Avian Influenza
If you have one parent that is homozygous recessive and one parent that is heterozygous? What is the likelyhood that the offspring will express the recessive traits? Utilize a punnet square to find your answer!
50%
Describe the difference between simple and complex carbohydrates?
Simple: immediate energy
Complex: longer lasting but harder to digest
This disease is a virus that is transmitted/spread through mosquitos generally. Some of the symptoms include fever, muscle weakness, and potentially seizures.
West Nile Virus
I have on chicken that is black and one chicken that is white. They are both expressing INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE. Usins a punnet square, what trait will the offspring express?
Grey
Develop a 500 pound batch of a balanced ration for a mature working horse with a crude protein level of 10.4%, with the following feedstuffs: alfalfa hay at 17.1% crude protein and barley grain at 11.7% crude protein.
alfalfa: 81 pounds
barley: 419