Livestock Terms 1
A Baby Sheep
What is a lamb?
Daily Double! Everyone write down how much of your score you are wagering and the answer to this question. Write 3 reasons How animal based agriculture benefits humans?
•Animals convert feed that humans CAN’T eat to food humans CAN eat
–(poor hay, corn stalks, straw, etc.)
•Helps maintain fertility of the land
•Personal satisfaction of working with domesticated animals
•May more fully utilize capital, machinery and wasteland (range).
•Food Value
What is one type of sheep?
Wool, Dairy, Meat, or dual-purpose
What is an animal that has been genetically and behaviorally altered from the original wild species for use by humans through artificial selection?
What is a domestic animal?
The scientific name for horses.
What is Equus Caballus
A Mature Male EQUINE
What is a Stud or Stallion
What is 2 types of chicken?
Egg, Meat, and/or, ornamental/recreation
What is a domesticated animal that lives in the wild/with no human contact?
What is a Feral Animal?
The scientific name for Dogs,
What is Canis Lupus
What is a Baby Bovine
What is a Calf
What is all 3 types of Bovine
Meat, Dairy, and Dual-purpose
What is an animal that has adapted only its behavior so as to be useful to humans?
What is a Tame Wild Animal?
Why do we no longer eat a ton of sheep
Because of over consumption in world war 2
What are all 5 requirements for an animal to be considered domesticated?
1. Survival is under human control
2. breeding is under human control
3. Animal is valued and has a purpose
4. Change Behaviorally
5. Change Physically
What is a castrated Porcine
What is a Barrow?
What is the difference between Type, Species, and Breed?
Type - Breeds in a species grouped together into the products they produce
Species - a group of animals that are closely related and can interbreed
Breed - a group of animals within a species that have similar characteristics and features
Explain in detail why a wolf cub that you raise is not considered domesticated
It has not changes structurally or any of the other 5 reasons
The scientific name of pigs
What is Sus Scrofa Domestica?