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1
Q

What is a bullock

A

Immature male cow

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2
Q

What is the average estrous cycle length in days for a cow

A

21 days

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3
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What is the average gestation length for a cow

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283 days

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4
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What is a boar

A

Mature male pig
Or
Immature male pig

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5
Q

What is a barrow

A

Castrated male pig

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6
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What is a gilt

A

Immature female pig

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7
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What is the average estrous cycle for a pig

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21 days

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8
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What is the gestation period of a pig

A

114 days

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9
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What is a ram

A

Mature male sheep

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10
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What is an ewe

A

Mature female sheep

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11
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What is a wether

A

Castrated male sheep
Or
Castrated male goat

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12
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What is a ram lamb

A

Immature male sheep

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13
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Ewe lamb

A

Immature female sheep

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14
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Average estrous cycle length for sheep

A

17 days

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15
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Gestation length for sheep

A

147 days

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16
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What is a stallion

A

Mature male horse

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17
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What is a mare

A

Mature female horse

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18
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What is a gelding

A

Castrated male horse

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19
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What is a colt

A

Immature male horse

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20
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Filly

A

Immature female horse

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21
Q

Average estrous cycle of horse

22
Q

Gestation length of a horse

23
Q

What is a buck

A

Mature male goat
Or
Mature male rabbit

24
Q

What is a doe

A

Mature female goat
Or
Mature female rabbit

25
Q

What is a buck kid

A

Immature male goat

26
Q

What is a doe kid

A

Immature female goat

27
Q

What is the average estrous cycle of a goat

28
Q

What is the gestation period of a goat

29
Q

What is the average estrous cycle of a rabbit

30
Q

What is the gestation period of a rabbit

31
Q

What is a Tom

A

Mature male cat

32
Q

What is a gib

A

Castrated male cat

33
Q

Average estrous cycle of cat

34
Q

What is a castrate

A

Castrated male dog

35
Q

What is a male dog called

36
Q

What is a puppy dog / bitch

A

Immature male/female dogs

37
Q

What is average estrous cycle of dogs

38
Q

What is the gestation length of dogs

39
Q

What is the name all the chicken things

A

Cock/rooster= mature male

Hen= mature f
Capon=castrated
Cockeral= immature m
Pullet=immature f

40
Q

What is the gestation length of a chicken

A

21 day incubation

41
Q

Which of the following are terms that describe an immature female?

Pullet
Colt
Gilt
Heifer

A

Pullet
Gilt
Heifer

42
Q

When compared with dairy production in 1944, the current us dairy industry
A. Produces over 400% more milk per cow
B. Uses more feed/water per unit of milk produced
C. Has more cows
D. Has smaller carbon footprint

A

A, d

Question is looking for good things because dairy has improved a lot

43
Q 
Angus cattle...
A. Originated in Scotland
B. Are black/white
C. Members of the Bos indicus species
D. Are recognized for producing high quality beef
44
Q 
In Typical swine production facilities, pigs 
A. Give birth by 1 year of age
B. Have 4 liters per year
C. Avg. about 10 pigs per litter
D. Weigh 270 lbs w/in 6 months of age
45
Q 
Which of the following are most common breeds in us 
A. Quarter horse
B. Dorset sheep
C. Labrador retriever dogs 
D. Hamp pigs
46
Q

Ruminant animals
A. Have stomachs with 4 compartments
B. Utilize human inedible feed stuffs better than pigs/chickens
C. Generally less efficient at converting feed to body weight gain than monogastrics
D. Include cattle,sheep, goats

47
Q

With regard to horses
A. Arabian is oldest breed
B. Clydesdales are most numerous draft horses in us
C. Their genus and species are Ovis Taurus and they belong to the suborder ruminata
D. Gestation length is 283 days similar to cattle

48
Q

Which of the following statements regarding animal product consumption is true?
A. Projected to decrease in China over next decade but remain constant us
B. Accounts for 60% of human food protein in us
C. Provides 16% of human food energy and 36% of the human food protein worldwide
D. Beef is most consumed meat product world wide

49
Q

Over past 10 year avg milk production per dairy cow has declined j. Us due to stress associated with modern production practices

50
Q

Sheep tend to be seasonal breeders and are most fertile in October. Nov

51
Q

On avg. us spends about 10% of their income on food. And this is lower %than ppl in the us spent in 1930. Animal products account for about half of this food expenditure

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