AVS Lab Final

Question 1

Seedstock Cattle

Answer 1

breeding cattle typically registered with a breed assocation

Question 2

Packer (cattle)

Answer 2

buys livestock for slaughter, manufacturers, or prepares meat for sale/shipment

Question 3

When is calving season?

Answer 3

Jan-Feb (early)
March-April (Spring)
May-July (summer)
Sept-Oct (fall)

Question 4

Stockers (cattle)

Answer 4

weaned calves grazing pasture to enhance growth prior to finishing and slaughter

Question 5

Simmental Cattle

Answer 5

dual purpose cattle
solid red
not muscular

Question 6

Universal Ear Notching System

Answer 6

Right ear=litter number
Left ear=individual notch

Question 7

What area of swine is the leanest, most tender part of the animal?

Answer 7

area behind shoulder and back legs which is rib and loin chops

Question 8

Picnic on a pig

Answer 8

directly below the boston butt and includes all of the leg until the hock, right above the pigs front foot

Question 9

What are the litter ear quadrants worth?

Answer 9

1, 3, 9, 27, 81

Question 10

Name the 10 breeds of the swine industry

Answer 10

Berkshire
Chester White
Duroc
Hampshire
Hereford
Landrace
Poland China
Spot
Tamworth
Yorkshire

Question 11

The majority of sheep are seasonally polyestrous and considered

Answer 11

short day breeders

Question 12

What management technique assists in preventing foot rot at a sheep farm?

Answer 12

Trimming hooves

Question 13

What is the gestation length in sheep?

Answer 13

147 days

Question 14

What score is used to estimate the level of anemia in sheep?

Answer 14

FAMACHA

Question 15

What are all of the sheep at the CU Small Ruminant Facility considered?

Answer 15

medium-wool, meat-type sheep

Question 16

What is the ideal number of lambs for an ewe to have?

Answer 16

2

Question 17

Udder cleft on a dairy cow is

Answer 17

evidence of a strong suspensory ligament indicated by adequately defined halving

Question 18

Temperature of a horse

Answer 18

99-101.5

Question 19

Respiration of a horse

Answer 19

8 to 16 bpm

Question 20

Pulse of a horse

Answer 20

28-48 bpm

Question 21

Skin pinch of a horse

Answer 21

less than 2 seconds

Question 22

Describes a horse of any breed that has a measurable amount of white on the body (more than the head and legs)

Answer 22

Pinto

Question 23

Dairy Scorecard

Answer 23

Frame 15%
Dairy Strength 25%
Rear feet and legs %20
Udder 40%

Question 24

How do you measure quarter length on a horse

Answer 24

Point of horses hip to point of buttock
This length should be 1/3 of body length

Question 25

Pastern on a horse

Answer 25

fetlock and hoof

Question 26

Tailhead on dairy cattle

Answer 26

dorsal part of the base of the tail

Question 27

Pins on dairy cattle

Answer 27

part of a cow's hips closer to the tail

Question 28

Hooks on dairy cattle

Answer 28

front part of the hips

Question 29

Certified Pedigree Swine

Answer 29

Chester, Poland, Spot, Bershire

Question 30

Boston butt

Answer 30

high value whole sale cut from the shoulder area of the animal

Question 31

whether

Answer 31

castrated male sheep

Question 32

FAMACHA scoring

Answer 32

testing the eye of sheep for the degree of anemia (parasites)

Question 33

Mutton

Answer 33

meat from sheep

Question 34

Sheep are

Answer 34

gregarious (social)

Question 35

Southdown

Answer 35

good mothering ability avg milk production

Question 36

shed/jug system

Answer 36

giving lambs separation from the ewe

Question 37

fleece weight

Answer 37

6-8 lbs/yr medium wool breeds 10-15 lbs/yr fine wool breeds

Question 38

staple length

Answer 38

length of wool fibers

Question 39

Scurs

Answer 39

horny tissue of rudimentary horns that are attached to the skin rather than the bony parts of the head

Question 40

stocker calf

Answer 40

weaned calf being grown prior to placement in a feedlot for finishing

Question 41

Vaccinations in beef cattle

Answer 41

Clostridial diseases BVD Leptospirosis IBR

Question 42

Anything not registered is

Answer 42

commercial

Question 43

Clemsons beef farm is a

Answer 43

cow-calf operation

Question 44

respiratory black leg shot and deworm in what month for beef cattle

Answer 44

march

Question 45

In april every cow needs a chance to be

Answer 45

AI

Question 46

In June-July beef cattle are

Answer 46

vaccinated again

Question 47

In August-September beef cattle get

Answer 47

vaccinated with booster when calving starts up

Question 48

Which of the following terms describes an ideal teat

Answer 48

cylidrical

Question 49

What strong ligament separates the rear of the udder in two halves

Answer 49

suspensory

Question 50

Cows can use what 2 visions

Answer 50

monocular and binocular

Question 51

What is the most desirable BCS for a cow during lactation

Answer 51

3

Question 52

When are vaccines started in beef cattle?

Answer 52

2 to 3 months

Question 53

Ear tags in beef cattle

Answer 53

Letter: year they are born Color: herd (1st #)/(breed) Males: right ear Females: left ear

Question 54

How old is a young bull

Answer 54

15 months old

Question 55

Weight of weened calf

Answer 55

550 lbs