introduction of animal production

Question 1

What are the seven roles that animals play in our lives?

Answer 1

food, clothing, shelter, plowing, transport, entertainment, and other non-food products

Question 2

four important components of animal production

Answer 2

breed, health, nutrition, and housing and management

Question 3

the join evolution of man and animals resulted to domestication of animals for food, power, transportation, religion, recreation, war, companionship, etc.

Answer 3

livestock heritage

Question 4

Around 2 million to 8,000 B.C, man increased cereal production after they developed the scratch plow, yoke oxen to it and began irrigation. What is its phase?

Answer 4

hunter phase

Question 5

Around 3,000 to 560 B.C., oxen were power sources; swine as scavengers gave meat and fat; poultry produced eggs and sport, and cattle and sheep were used for sacrificial animals in rituals. What is its phase?

Answer 5

river phase

Question 6

Around 430 B.C. to 475 B.C, oxen were power sources; sheep and goats were meat and wool sources; swine and poultry were raised on villas of the Basin; cattle and sheep still were used as sacrificial animals in rituals. What is its phase?

Answer 6

trader’s phase

Question 7

Around 1098 to 1492, agriculture in Europe was manorial with livestock in commons. After 800 A.D., horses began replace oxen because of use of horse collar. Swine became the garbage collectors in growing cities. What is its phase?

Answer 7

feudal phase

Question 8

Around 1521 to 1738, British husbandry practiced in the East. Spanish feral husbandry developed in the Southwest. When the two systems joined, they produced a system unique to the Americans. What is its phase?

Answer 8

colonial phase

Question 9

Around 1800 to 1855, many livestock breeds were imported into the U.S. Center of livestock production moved westward. Livestock production in east was intensified. What is its phase?

Answer 9

pioneer phase

Question 10

Around 1700 to 1847, many local strains of livestock were developed and few became popular through promotion. What is its phase?

Answer 10

britain phase

Question 11

Around 1862 to 1897, industry and agriculture developed in an empirical style. What is its phase?

Answer 11

empire phase

Question 12

Around 1900 to 1946, most animals species were evaluated in the show ring. Use of purebred sires are promoted. What is its phase?

Answer 12

purebred phase

Question 13

Around 1952 to 1980, the discovery of the structure of DNA in 1953 opened the door to new approaches to genetics, and science became critical to the animal industry. What is its phase?

Answer 13

scientific phase

Question 14

this animal’s domestication was around 6,000 B.C. to 7,000 B.C. in Western Asia

Answer 14

goat

Question 15

this animal’s domestication was 5,000 ago in Eastern Europe and Western Asia

Answer 15

horses

Question 16

this animal’s domestication was around 5,000 to 9,000 years ago in the Middle East

Answer 16

swine

Question 17

this animal’s domestication was around 11,000 to 15,000 years ago in Southeast Europe and Central/Southwest Asia

Answer 17

Sheep

Question 18

this animal’s domestication was 3,400 years ago in China and Southeast Asia

Answer 18

chickens

Question 19

this animal’s domestication was 8,000 years ago on the island of Cyprus

Answer 19

cattle