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1
Q

You choose to AI your show heifer with ‘sexed female’ semen. What is the chance that she will have a bull calf?

A

10%

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2
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T or F. The percentage of viable embryos produced, along with frozen embryo conception rates when using in Vitro Fertilization IVF methods continues to be higher than that of traditional embryo transfer methods?

A

False

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3
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The American Simmental Assocaition was formed in Bozeman, MT in October of ____. Just one year after the famed bull Parisen was imported from France.

A

1968

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4
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Which of the following is the most prominent cause of death in neonatal calves? pneumonia, coccidiosis, hypothermia or scours

A

Scours

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5
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Feedlots with ____ than a 1,000 head capacity compose the vast majority of US feedlots, and market a relatively ____ share of total fed cattle? less, large, more, large, less, small

A

Less, small

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6
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What is the term that describes gain from cattle that have been nutritionally deprived for part or all of their life?

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Compensatory gain

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7
Q

Is the cattle industry the most vertically integrated meat animal industry at present?

A

False, no.

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8
Q

Give 2 reasons that a beef producer uses the broad-spectrum antibiotic Chlortetracycline (CTC) as a feed additive in his spring-calving mature cow heard during the lactation period

A

Reduce the occurrence on pinkeye, hoof rot, reduce the occurrence of calf scours, and increase conception rate.

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9
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What is the official print publication of the ASA?

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The Register

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10
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What is the primary reason that education of the membership on genetic abnormalities and genetic abnormality testing is of high importance to the ASA?

A

ASA runs an ‘open herdbook, meaning registered Simmental cattle are subject to multiple breed influences.

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11
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Two individuals with the same sire and different dams (half siblings) are mated; what is the resulting inbreeding coefficient?

A

.125

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12
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What is the blog that is an extended electronic version of the Register, aimed at reaching beyond the print version to delve deeper into the Simmental stories & producers?

A

tReg.

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13
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How many letters are used in the international letter system of identification for animals?

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22

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14
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Marbling, yield grade, feed intake and carcass weight are factors used in calculation ASA All Purpose Index API

A

True

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15
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What is the national organization that monitors the use of feed additives in beef cattle?

A

FDA Food and Drug Administration

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16
Q

Which of the following tissues has the highest water content?

A

Muscle

17
Q

Which of the following breeds is not known as a British breed? Angus, Shorthorn, Red Angus, Limousin

A

Limousin

18
Q

Birth weights data on a newborn calf should be collected within how many hours/days of birth?

A

24 hours

19
Q

Animals affected with this condition can sometimes be born with an extra limb (polymelia). Which abnormalities does this describe?

A

Developmental Duplication DD

20
Q

Ensiling tends to do what to the nitrogen content of forages?

A

Decrease

21
Q

Heterosis is maximized in the F1 cross; it cannot be further increased in progeny by mating resulting F1 individuals to one another.

A

True

22
Q

Ground beef is considered safe for consumption when cooked to what temperature?

A

160 degrees

23
Q

A sterile heifer calf that is born twin to a bull is known as what?

A

A freemartin

24
Q

The corn co-product, condensed distiller’s solubles (CDS) is commonly known by beef producers as what?

A

syrup

25
Q

At what minimum level of Simmental breeding is an individual considered purebred?

A

7/8

26
Q

A good and popular disinfectant to have on had during calving is:

A

Novalsan

27
Q

Who is the current AJSA (youth) president?

A

Morgan Phillips, Maysville, KY

28
Q

What does the ASA program PTP stand for?

A

Progress Through Performance

29
Q

Contractural Arachnodactyly (CA), is also known as

A

fawn calf syndrome

30
Q

What is a simple tool to help manage simple genetic traits?

A

A Punnett Square

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