Questions 239-275 Flashcards
About what percent of total income from all livestock marketing in the US comes from the beef industry?
38
Limousin, Charolais, and Maine-Anjou cattle are imported breeds used in US beef production that all originated from:
France
Beef Quality Assurance protocol suggests the proper intramuscular injection site for cattle is the:
Neck
An animal that has extremely straight hind legs is best described as being:
post-legged
The record of the ancestors of a particular animal is recorded in its:
Pedigree
The first of the continental breeds to be imported in the US:
Charolais
Which breed of cattle is most popular in Europe?
Simmental
The most common classification of sheep is by:
Type of Wool
Which animals cannot synthesize all of the required amino acids?
Swine
The most common parasites affecting beef cattle are:
Flies
The use of liquid nitrogen for storage of semen and embryos
cryopreservation
Swine are typically identified for registration by the use of;
ear notches
The biggest problem of raising sheep is the loss caused by:
Internal parasites
which is the fast growing, meat-type goat with a brown head and white body and originally from South Africa?
Boer
Which disease affects the turbinate bones in swine?
Atropic Rhinitis
The estrous cycle in swine occurs:
every 21 days
The removal of all or part of the tail from sheep is referred to as:
Docking
Which of the following medium wool breeds of sheep are solid white in color?
dorset
Name the breed of cattle in which the US congress appropriated money in 1927 because they were almost extinct
Texas Longhorn
Calves younger than 3 months of age sold for slaughter are:
Veal
External fat on a lamb carcass is measured between which two ribs?
12&13
a maintenance ration for beef cattle is primarily:
roughages
the male bovine of any age that has not been castrated:
Bull
The gestation time for cattle is:
283 days
lamb prices vary throughout the year and reach a high during which time?
march to may
a selective form of breeding in which the sire and dam are related which some refer to as a mild form of inbreeding is called:
linebreeding
what month of the year is the price of slaughter hogs is the highest on average?
July
Approximately what percent of the market hogs sold in the US are priced on the basis of carcass merit?
70%
vitamins that are not stored in the body and need to be consumed everyday are:
water soluble vitamins
suffolk sheep ancestry goes back to what breed of sheep?
southdown
the rate or percentage of animals becoming pregnant.
conception rate
scrapie is a disease of both sheep and goats that affects the:
brain
which of the following minerals is categorized as a macro mineral?
Calcium
the majority of medium wool breeds of sheep originated in:
England
in a swine carcass, the loin is about _____ percent of the total carcass.
0.2
which livestock product has the highest consumption rate in the US?
Beef
