Midterm

Question 1

Plants and animals are kept to produce for humankind needs

Answer 1

Domestic

Question 2

Those species that have been Brought under Human Control

Answer 2

Domestic

Question 3

refers to the set of occupational activities,economic structures,beliefs/Value,social form, and material traits that define our actions and activities.

Answer 3

Culture

Question 4

Problems in cattle industry

Answer 4

1. Low productivity
2. Low nutritional level
3. Poor herd Management
4. Marketing
5. Credit Facilities

Question 5

Prospects of cattle industry

Answer 5

Demand for foor
Produce meat at much higher price
Cattle are excellent comverter of low quality farm residues

Question 6

CATTLE
Phylum
Class
Order
Suborder
Family
Genus
Species

Answer 6

Chordata
Mammalia
Artiodactyla
Ruminantia
Bovidae
Bos
Bos indicus (tropical cattle)
Bos taurus (temperate cattle)

Question 7

Water Buffalo
Class
Subclass
Order
Suborder
Family
Subfamily
Tribe

Answer 7

Mammalia
Ungulata
Artiodactyla
Ruminantia
Bovidae
Bovinae
Bovini

Question 8

European Cattle/ Bos taurus (temperate cattle

Answer 8

1.Angus
2. Hereford
3. Shorthorn
4. Wagyu

Question 9

Asiatic, Zebu(Humped) Cattle Bos indicus(tropical cattle)

Answer 9

1. Brahman

Question 10

Dairy Cattle

Answer 10

Ayrshire
Brown swiss
Guernsey
Holstein
Jersey
Polled Hereford
Red Angus

Question 12

Continental Breeds

Answer 12

Chianina
Chorolais
Gelbvieh
Limousin
Maine Anjou
Simmental
Texas Longhorn
Santra Gertrudis
Polled Hereford

Question 13

System Breeding

Answer 13

crossbreeding
Inbreeding
line breeding

Question 14

the science of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics

Answer 14

Genetics

Question 15

the use of biometry and genetics to improve farm animal production

Answer 15

Animal Breeding

Question 16

the study of nutrients and how the body uses them

Answer 16

Animal Nutrition

Question 17

the study of physical and chemical processes of an animal’s body systems and cells

Answer 17

Animal Physiology

Question 18

the study of how disease,parasites,and environmental factors affect productivity and animal welfare

Answer 18

Animal Health

Question 19

the science of handling, distributing, and marketing meat and meat products

Answer 19

Meat Science

Question 20

the science of providing milk and milk products as food

Answer 20

Dairy Product Science

Question 21

a collective set of toolx and applications of loving organisms, to make or modify products, improve plants or animals, or develop microorganisms for specific use

Answer 21

Biotechnology

Question 23

System mating

Answer 23

Hand mating
Pasture mating
Controlled breeding

Question 24

Age of puberty of Cattle

Answer 24

6-8 months

Question 25

Estrus Period

Answer 25

10-12 hours

Question 26

Estrous Cycle

Answer 26

18-24 days (21 average)

Question 27

Ovulation

Answer 27

10-14 hours after the end of estrus

Question 28

Gestation in Cattle

Answer 28

270-290 (283 average)
295 - 320 (312 average)

Question 29

Methods of identification

Answer 29

1. Combination of Tattoo and ear tagging
2. Hot ir Fire Branding
3. Freeze Branding
4. Electric Ear Tagging

Question 30

Herd Management

Answer 30

1.Herd Division
1.1 Pregnant herd
1.2 Breeding herd
1.3 Heifer Herd
1.4 Steer, feeder and fattener herd
1.5 Bull herd
2.Management of lactation and pregnant cows
3. Pregnancy Diagnosis ( rectal palpation)
4. Managment of open cows and replacement heifers
5. Management of Calves
6. Mamagent of Growers
7. Management of Fatteners
8. Management of Bulls
9. Management practices in beef- cattle prod
9.1 Cattle Identification
9.2 Castration
9.3 Dehorning