AVS Lab Final Flashcards
Seedstock Cattle
breeding cattle typically registered with a breed assocation
Packer (cattle)
buys livestock for slaughter, manufacturers, or prepares meat for sale/shipment
When is calving season?
Jan-Feb (early)
March-April (Spring)
May-July (summer)
Sept-Oct (fall)
Stockers (cattle)
weaned calves grazing pasture to enhance growth prior to finishing and slaughter
Simmental Cattle
dual purpose cattle
solid red
not muscular
Universal Ear Notching System
Right ear=litter number
Left ear=individual notch
What area of swine is the leanest, most tender part of the animal?
area behind shoulder and back legs which is rib and loin chops
Picnic on a pig
directly below the boston butt and includes all of the leg until the hock, right above the pigs front foot
What are the litter ear quadrants worth?
1, 3, 9, 27, 81
Name the 10 breeds of the swine industry
Berkshire
Chester White
Duroc
Hampshire
Hereford
Landrace
Poland China
Spot
Tamworth
Yorkshire
The majority of sheep are seasonally polyestrous and considered
short day breeders
What management technique assists in preventing foot rot at a sheep farm?
Trimming hooves
What is the gestation length in sheep?
147 days
What score is used to estimate the level of anemia in sheep?
FAMACHA
What are all of the sheep at the CU Small Ruminant Facility considered?
medium-wool, meat-type sheep
What is the ideal number of lambs for an ewe to have?
2
Udder cleft on a dairy cow is
evidence of a strong suspensory ligament indicated by adequately defined halving
Temperature of a horse
99-101.5
Respiration of a horse
8 to 16 bpm
Pulse of a horse
28-48 bpm
Skin pinch of a horse
less than 2 seconds
Describes a horse of any breed that has a measurable amount of white on the body (more than the head and legs)
Pinto