Final exam Animals Flashcards
How many stomachs does a ruminant have? Select one: a. 2 b. 1 c. 5 d. 3 e. 4
e. 4
Which class of sheep has been in a rapid state of decline as a proportion of the overall flock for the past 30 years? Select one: a. Wethers b. Ewes c. Lambs d. Rams
a. Wethers
What is the major market for meat from Australian cull cows and bulls?
Select one:
a. Manufacturing beef for export to USA, SE Asia and China
b. Whole carcasses for export to the middle east
c. Export to the EU
d. Meat Standards Australia
e. High quality beef for export to Japan
a. Manufacturing beef for export to USA, SE Asia and China
Which of the following countries/regions is the TOP export destination for wool? Select one: a. Greater China b. US c. Czech Republic d. India
A) greater China
What are the 3 main systems of a beef operation?
Select one:
a. Environmental systems, business systems and crossbreeding systems
b. Animal systems, soil systems and marketing systems
c. Genetics systems, data management systems and pasture systems
d. Breeding systems, marketing systems and pasture systems
e. Pasture systems, animal systems and grazing systems
e. Pasture systems, animal systems and grazing systems
Which of the following countries/regions is NOT in the top 4 export destinations for Beef? Select one: a. Greater China b. US c. Indonesia d. Japan e. Korea
D. Japan
What proportion of cattle slaughtered in Australia come from feedlots and is the importance of feedlots increasing or decreasing?
Select one:
a. Around half of all cattle – decreasing
b. Around 1/3 of cattle - decreasing
c. Around ¼ - Increasing
d. Around 1/3 of cattle - Increasing
e. Around half of all cattle – Increasing
B) around 1/3 of cattle- decreasing
Over the past 50 years, the number of piggeries is …………….. and the average herd size is ……………. Select one: a. Decreasing, Decreasing b. Decreasing, Not changing c. Decreasing, Increasing d. Not changing, Increasing e. Increasing, Decreasing
c. Decreasing, Increasing
The palatability of feeds relate to:
Select one:
a. How much metabolisable energy is in the feed
b. The concentration of mycotoxins in the feed
c. How much the animals like it
d. The mineral content of the feed
e. How well the animal can digest the feed
e. How well the animal can digest the feed
Which of the following is more important for grazing beef and sheep production systems?
Select one:
a. Price received per kilo
b. Output per unit area ie kg Beef/Ha
c. Price received per animal
d. Production per animal ie weaning weights of calves
b. Output per unit area ie kg Beef/Ha
It’s expected rainfall is going to get more random (variable), so we need to manage our system by:
Select one or more:
a. Genetically changing our animals to store fat storage
b. Removing legumes from our pastures
c. Having monocultures of grasses
d. Changing our pasture species
e. Conserving fodder
A, d, e
Lovering and Crabb (1998) stated “much resource degradation in Australia is now regarded as irreversible”. In this context they suggest the first principle of sustainability of an agricultural system is to:
Select one:
a. don’t worry about resource degradation
b. with increasing land degradation the long term economic viability of the farm will always increase
c. identify the continuing threats to resource degradation and encourage damage to the natural resource base
d. identify the continuing threats to resource degradation and ensure there is no more damage to the natural resource base
d. identify the continuing threats to resource degradation and ensure there is no more damage to the natural resource base
There is a relationship between the legume plants that supply carbon and the rhizobium bacteria that fix nitrogen from the atmosphere which is then utilised by the legume.
Select one:
True
False
True
The addition of legumes (including clover) decreases the amount nitrogen content available for the animals to graze.
Select one:
True
False
False
What is the major limitation of native grasses in the Kirby grazing system?
Select one:
a. long lifecycle
b. short lifecycle
b. short lifecycle
How can you identify a stock camp:
Select one:
a. Always at the middle of the slope
b. Always at the bottom of the slope
c. Often green with thistles
c. Often green with thistles
Purpose of raising livestock
- Produce healthy, wholesome protein sources
- Produce fibre and fertilizer/waste
- Manage plants/weeds
- Help preserve an endangered breed or species
- Make money/earn a living
- Reduce your income tax by being a primary producer
- Cultural reasons
- “Love animals”
When was the Dog Domesticated and why?
14,000 years ago and companionship
When and Why was the Sheep Domesticated
When: 10,700 Years Ago
Why: Milk and Clothing
When and Why was the Goat Domesticated
When: 9,000 Years Ago.
Why: Food, Clothing and Milk
When and Why was the pig Domesticated
When: 9,000 Years Ago.
Why: Food & Sport
When and Why cattle were Domesticated
When: 6,500 Years Ago.
Why: Religious Reasons
When and Why Chickens were Domesticated
Also Where?
When: 5,500 Years Ago.
Why: Food, Cockfights, Religion
Where: India
When and Why Horses were Domesticated
When:5,000 Years Ago.
Why: Food & Transport
After animals become domesticated, they become dependent on man why cant they be released back into the “wild”
- Most can’t survive in wild
- Most poultry can’t fly
- Most Sheep don’t shed wool
- Cows produce 10,000 L milk / year
- Birds produce 250 eggs / yr. (20 in wild
What are Wild animals
Not genetically altered by selective breeding
Exotic Animal and an example
- Wild animal not native to country
* Example = Deer
