Quiz 1 Flashcards
You choose to AI your show heifer with ‘sexed female’ semen. What is the chance that she will have a bull calf?
10%
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?
False
The American Simmental Assocaition was formed in Bozeman, MT in October of ____. Just one year after the famed bull Parisen was imported from France.
1968
Which of the following is the most prominent cause of death in neonatal calves? pneumonia, coccidiosis, hypothermia or scours
Scours
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
Less, small
What is the term that describes gain from cattle that have been nutritionally deprived for part or all of their life?
Compensatory gain
Is the cattle industry the most vertically integrated meat animal industry at present?
False, no.
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
Reduce the occurrence on pinkeye, hoof rot, reduce the occurrence of calf scours, and increase conception rate.
What is the official print publication of the ASA?
The Register
What is the primary reason that education of the membership on genetic abnormalities and genetic abnormality testing is of high importance to the ASA?
ASA runs an ‘open herdbook, meaning registered Simmental cattle are subject to multiple breed influences.
Two individuals with the same sire and different dams (half siblings) are mated; what is the resulting inbreeding coefficient?
.125
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?
tReg.
How many letters are used in the international letter system of identification for animals?
22
Marbling, yield grade, feed intake and carcass weight are factors used in calculation ASA All Purpose Index API
True
What is the national organization that monitors the use of feed additives in beef cattle?
FDA Food and Drug Administration
Which of the following tissues has the highest water content?
Muscle
Which of the following breeds is not known as a British breed? Angus, Shorthorn, Red Angus, Limousin
Limousin
Birth weights data on a newborn calf should be collected within how many hours/days of birth?
24 hours
Animals affected with this condition can sometimes be born with an extra limb (polymelia). Which abnormalities does this describe?
Developmental Duplication DD
Ensiling tends to do what to the nitrogen content of forages?
Decrease
Heterosis is maximized in the F1 cross; it cannot be further increased in progeny by mating resulting F1 individuals to one another.
True
Ground beef is considered safe for consumption when cooked to what temperature?
160 degrees
A sterile heifer calf that is born twin to a bull is known as what?
A freemartin
The corn co-product, condensed distiller’s solubles (CDS) is commonly known by beef producers as what?
syrup
