Eazy Peezy
Animal's male parent
Sire
Animal's physical characteristics
Phenotype
Controlling mating by keeping females and males apart until desired time of breeding
Hand Mating
Breeding which attempts to maintain a close relationship to a highly regarded ancestor
Linebreeding
The average Terminal Sire Index (TSI) is _____.
100
Animal's female parent
Dam
An animal's genetic composition
Genotype
What does AI stand for?
Artificial Insemination
Mating of related individuals in which the sire and dam share at least one ancestor
Inbreeding
What does NBA stand for in swine?
Number Born Alive
Animal produced by parents
Offspring
What does EPD stand for?
Expected Progeny Differences
Which species must be bred by AI due to their inability to bred naturally?
Turkeys
Which breed of horses allows AI and embryo transfers to recip mares?
Quarter Horses
At what rib is backfat measured?
10th
The length of time a baby is carried
Gestation
Abnornmal slow or difficult birth
Dystocia
Used mostly by the poultry and rabbit industry; females are mated individually by a superior male kept by himself in a pen or coop
Stud Mating
Breeding one breed to another breed is called _____.
Crossbreeding
What does TSI stand for in swine?
Terminal Sire Index
The act of giving birth (all species)
Parturition
Early pregnancy embryos are removed from a superior female and placed into a suitable recipient female
Embryo Transfer/Transplant
Which breed of horses is not permitted to use AI?
Thoroughbreds
Which breed was developed in south Texas by crossing Brahman, Hereford and Shorthorns?
Beefmaster
In swine EPDs, it is days to _____ pounds
250