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
Dairy Scorecard
Frame 15%
Dairy Strength 25%
Rear feet and legs %20
Udder 40%
How do you measure quarter length on a horse
Point of horses hip to point of buttock
This length should be 1/3 of body length
Pastern on a horse
fetlock and hoof
Tailhead on dairy cattle
dorsal part of the base of the tail
Pins on dairy cattle
part of a cow’s hips closer to the tail
Hooks on dairy cattle
front part of the hips
Certified Pedigree Swine
Chester, Poland, Spot, Bershire
Boston butt
high value whole sale cut from the shoulder area of the animal
whether
castrated male sheep
FAMACHA scoring
testing the eye of sheep for the degree of anemia (parasites)
Mutton
meat from sheep
Sheep are
gregarious (social)
Southdown
good mothering ability
avg milk production
shed/jug system
giving lambs separation from the ewe
fleece weight
6-8 lbs/yr medium wool breeds
10-15 lbs/yr fine wool breeds
staple length
length of wool fibers
Scurs
horny tissue of rudimentary horns that are attached to the skin rather than the bony parts of the head
stocker calf
weaned calf being grown prior to placement in a feedlot for finishing
Vaccinations in beef cattle
Clostridial diseases
BVD
Leptospirosis
IBR
Anything not registered is
commercial
Clemsons beef farm is a
cow-calf operation
respiratory black leg shot and deworm in what month for beef cattle
march
In april every cow needs a chance to be
AI
In June-July beef cattle are
vaccinated again
In August-September beef cattle get
vaccinated with booster when calving starts up
Which of the following terms describes an ideal teat
cylidrical
What strong ligament separates the rear of the udder in two halves
suspensory
Cows can use what 2 visions
monocular and binocular
What is the most desirable BCS for a cow during lactation
3
When are vaccines started in beef cattle?
2 to 3 months
Ear tags in beef cattle
Letter: year they are born
Color: herd (1st #)/(breed)
Males: right ear
Females: left ear
How old is a young bull
15 months old
Weight of weened calf
550 lbs
