Animals

Question 1

Alpine is an example of what animal?

Answer 1

Goat (French)

In us, called French Alpine

Question 2

What are alpine goats a good choice for cheese production?

Answer 2

Large volume of milk with moderate butterfat and milk solids

Even lactation curve

Question 3

What is animal is an Ayrshire?

Answer 3

Cow, originally from Scotland

Red and white spotted; hardy breed

Lean protein to fat ratio with small milk fat globules-ideal for hard cheeses

Question 4

What is brebis?

Answer 4

French term referring to a sheep’s milk cheese made in a French or Basque style

If you see the term, safe to assume that it’s made within the Pyrenees

Question 5

What kind of animal is Brown Swiss?

Answer 5

Cow, originally from the Swiss alps

Question 6

What is the average lactation cycle for cows?

Answer 6

About 300 days

Question 7

How many pounds of milk can a cow produce per day on average?

Answer 7

1500 lb cow can produce 120lb of milk daily

Question 8

What is the gestation period of sheep?

Answer 8

5 months

Question 9

What is the lactation cycle for sheep, on average?

Answer 9

150-240 days

Question 10

How much milk, on average, can a sheep produce per day?

Answer 10

150lb ewe can make 4.5lb of milk daily

Question 11

What is the average composition of cows milk?

Answer 11

Fat: 3.7%
Casein Protein: 2.6%
Lactose: 4.8%

Question 12

What is the average composition of goats milk?

Answer 12

Fat: 3.6%
Casein Protein: 2.6%
Lactose: 4.5%

Question 13

What is the average composition of sheep’s milk?

Answer 13

Fat: 7.4%
Casein protein: 3.9%
Lactose: 4.8%

Question 14

What are female/male goats called?

Answer 14

Does and bucks

Question 15

What are female/male sheep called?

Answer 15

Ewe/ram

Question 16

What are female/male cattle called?

Answer 16

Cows/Bulls

Heifer is a cow that hasn’t yet had a calf

Question 17

What is the lactation cycle for goats?

Answer 17

Around 10 months (280 days)

Question 18

On average, how much milk can a goat produce in a day?

Answer 18

6 to 8 lbs of milk

Question 19

Which breed of goat can produce more milk daily?

Answer 19

saanen (Swiss); can produce up to 20 lbs per day

Question 20

What is the key difference between the composition of cow and goats milk?

Answer 20

The solids are close to the same, but the protein is different.

Goat has more of the beta variant and less of the alpha one. This will affect the coagulation and ends up developing a more fragile curd and less overall yield

Question 21

Which milks contain more free fatty acids?

Answer 21

Goat and sheep milk

Question 22

What cattle breed is known as the Swiss “black and white milk cow”? Considered by some experts to be an extinct variation

Answer 22

Fribourgeois

Question 23

What is the most common breed of cattle in Switzerland, with a coat of light reddish brown and white in color?

Answer 23

Simmental

Question 24

What Swiss cattle breed is associated with Sbrinz and is a sturdy horned breed with a brownish gray coat?

Answer 24

Brown cow or Brown Swiss

Question 25

Which French sheep breed is from the Basque area/Pyrenees?

Answer 25

Basic-Bearnaise

Question 26

Which two breeds are the basis of Ossau Iraty cheeses?

Answer 26

Basco-Bearnaise and Manech

Question 27

Which French sheep breed has a red or black head?

Answer 27

Manech

Question 28

What is the most common sheep breed in France?

Answer 28

Lacaune

Question 29

What breed of goat is the original breed used for many Loire valley cheeses?

Answer 29

Poitevine

Question 30

Which goat breed is the most common in the Alps region?

Answer 30

Saanen or Alpine

Question 31

Which goat breed is originally from Provence and is a roaming, mountain breed?

Answer 31

Rove

Question 32

Which rare and ancient goat breed is from the Pyrenees?

Answer 32

Pyreneean

Question 33

Which French cow breed is the traditional breed used for butter for Normandy; large brown spots and freckles on coat?

Answer 33

Normande

Question 34

Which French cow breed is originally from the Franche-Comte region and provides the milk for both Comte and Vacherin Mont d’Or?

Answer 34

Montbeliarde

Question 35

What is the most common cow?

Answer 35

Friesian or Holstein-Friesian

Question 36

Which two cattle breeds are hearty mountain breeds, used in cheeses like Abondance and Beaufort?

Answer 36

Abondance and Tarentaise

Question 37

Which sheep breed is used for manchego cheese?

Answer 37

Manchega