Ruminant production Flashcards
According to the Dairy Safety Regulations of the Philippines, dairy animals should be tested negative annually for which zoonotic diseases, except:
a. Tuberculosis
b.Leptospirosis
c. Brucellosis
d.Anthrax
Anthrax
A wild goat has been captured near your area. No history could be extracted from the captured goat and no one claim the animal. You want to identify the age of the goat, upon checking the goat has 4 permanent teeth. What is the age of the goat?
a. 1-year-old
b.3-year-old
c. 2-year-old
d.4-year-old
2-year-old
Bovine estrus cycle is usually _______ days?
a. 12-18 days
b. 18-24 days
c. 24-30 days
d.30-36 days
18-24 days
This denotes the average length of time in days between succeeding births in water buffalo.
a. Estrus cycle
b.Gestation Length
c. Lactation Length
d.Calving interval
Calving interval
A mating system where the bull is brought in and let loose with the herd of breeding females during breeding season.
a. Pasture Mating
b.Hand Mating
c. Cross breeding
d.Inbreeding
Pasture Mating
Act of giving birth in cattle
a. Kidding
b.Lambing
c. Farrowing
d.Calving
Calving
One-year-old buffalo of either sex is called
a. Yearling
b.Calf
c. Steer
d.Heifer
Yearling
Common name of Gliciridia sepium
a. Makahiya
b.Mani-Manian
c. Ipil-ipil
d.Kakawate
Kakawate
A hybrid riverine and swamp-type buffalo has __ chromosomes.
a. 48
b.49
c. 50
d.51
49
Riverine Buffalo – 50 chromosomes
Swamp Buffalo – 48 chromosomes
F1 hybrids – 49 chromosomes but is fertile
Newly grown grass is deficient to this mineral.
a. Calcium
b.Selenium
c. Magnesium
d.Manganese
Magnesium
Newly grown grass is usually associated with grass tetany due to low magnesium content:high potassium
An action of chewing the cud.
a. Mastication
b.Rumination
c. Regurgitation
d.Eructation
Rumination
The following euthanasia procedure is allowed in ruminants, except:
a. Penetrating Captive Bolt
b.Barbiturates
c. Gunshot
d.Carbon Dioxide
Carbon Dioxide
Trematodes usually infect ruminants through their infective stage, metacercaria, except:
a. Fasciola gigantica
b. Fascioloides magna
c. Schistosoma japonicum
d. Paragonimus westermani
Schistosoma japonicum
A freemartin is:
a. Sterile female born with a bull
b.Sterile male born with a cow
c. Sterile calves of either sex
d.Sterile calves of same sex
Sterile female born with a bull
In California Mastitis test scoring, a test score of 2 is equivalent to what milk somatic cells/ml.
a. 0-200,000
b. 150,000-500,000
c. 400,000-1,500,000
d.800,000-5,000,000
800,000-5,000,000
The following conditions could be attributed to maternal factors in cases of dystocia, except:
a. Pelvic injuries
b.History of Prolapse
c. Breech position
d.Narrow Birth Canal
Breech position
A mature male sheep is called:
a. Buck
b.Bull
c.Ram
d.Carabull
Ram
According to the Dairy Safety Regulations of the Philippines, aside from TB, brucellosis and leptospirosis, what additional test is needed for dairy goat?
a. Salmonellosis
b.Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis
c. Contagious Agalactia
d.Contagious Caprine pleuropneumonia
Contagious Caprine pleuropneumonia
Which of the following farm animals has the shortest length of
estrus cycle?
a. Goat
b.Sheep
c. Cattle
d.Buffalo
Sheep
This is the most limiting amino acid in soybean meal.
a.Lysine
b.Methionine
c.Tryptophan
d.Threonine
Methionine
Cottonseed meal is a good source of protein (41%CP), however it contains what antinutritional factor that is toxic to young ruminants?
a. Stearic Acid
b.Glucosinolate
c. Mimosine
d.Gossypol
Gossypol
Sta. Gertudis is a breed of cattle with:
a. 1⁄2 Brahman, 1⁄4 Shorthorn, and 1⁄4 Hereford
b.3/8 Brahman and 5/8 Angus
c. 1⁄2 Brahman and 1⁄2 Shorthorn
d.5/8 Simmental and 3/8 Brahman
1⁄2 Brahman and 1⁄2 Shorthorn
What is the best approach for brucellosis?
a. Treat with Antibiotics
b.Destroy affected animals
c. Isolate affected animals
d.Perform feedback feeding
Destroy affected animals
What is the normal PCV of goats?
a. 22-38%
b.24-46%
c. 27-45%
d.27-43%
22-38%
Hemorrhagic Septicemia is an acute, highly fatal bacterial disease characterized mainly by respiratory signs. This disease could be triggered by which of the following?
a. High Temperature and Humidity
b.Poor Nutrition
c. Work Stress
d.All of the Above
All of the Above
Meat coming from cattle less than one year of age
a. Beef
b.Veal
c. Mutton
d.Chevron
Veal
This compartment of the stomach of a ruminant is a round organ containing many muscular laminae and sometimes called many plies, or “libro-libro”.
a. Rumen
b.Reticulum
c. Omasum
d.Abomasum
Omasum
Beta-carotene is absent milk in the following animals, except:
a. Caracow
b.Doe
c. Ewe
d.Cow
Cow
The following statements are true about milk, except:
a. Milk is a good source of protein
b.Protein and fats comprised 40% of the milk
c. Nitrogenous substances present in the milk is
95% proteins and 5% non proteins
d.None of the above
Protein and fats comprised 40% of the milk
The contents of the rumen are maintained at what pH.
a. 5.5-6.0
b.6.0-6.5
c. 6.5-7.0
d.7.0-7.5
6.0-6.5
The following animals are considered grazer feeders, except:
a. Goat
b.Sheep
c. Cattle
d.Buffalo
Goat
Goats are browser
Which of the following is not considered as grass?
a. Leucena leucocephala
b.Cynodon plectostachus
c. Brachiaria mutica
d.Pennisetum Purpureum
Leucena leucocephala
Ipil-ipil is legume
A native Carabao has how many chromosomes?
a. 48
b.49
c. 50
d.52
49
A buffalo was presented to have necrosis of foot, tail and ear tip, swollen legs, lack of appetite and reduction of milk production. Hay containing multiple dark specks were seen as one of the fodder for the animal. What could possibly cause the clinical symptoms?
a. Foot-and-Mouth Disease
b.Q fever
c.Degnala Disease
d.Hardware Syndrome
Degnala Disease
Restraining goats with rope or chain to allow limited movement and transferred once or twice a day to have access to fresh forage.
a. grazing
b.tethering
c. Cut and carry system
d.Rotational grazing
Tethering
In slaughtering process of goats, this step is defined as the removal of the hide or skin from the carcass?
a. stunning
b.sticking
c. flaying
d.evisceration
Flaying
A farmer who wants to venture on goat farming has consulted regarding recommended floor space required for his farm. The farmer is planning to build a 25-doe level farm, what is the recommended floor space for his 25 does?
a. 37.5 meter squared
b.25 meter squared
c. 18.75 meter squared
d.43.75 meter squared
37.5 meter squared
What is the earliest recommended age for slaughtering goats?
a.Seven months
b.Eight months
c.Nine months
d.Ten months
Eight months
Major beef production system in the Philippines
a. Backyard cattle raising
b.Ranching
c. Feedlot Fattening
d.Intensive Farming
Backyard cattle raising
A burdizzo is used for what?
a. Branding
b.Dehorning
c.Castration
d.Breeding
Castration
A tool used to calculate the portion of two feeds needed to meet protein or energy requirements of cattle.
a. 2 x 2 table
b.Pearson Square
c. Quadrat
d.Manifold Table
Pearson Square
This non-infectious disease condition of water buffaloes is set off by feeding more than the recommended amount of fresh leguminous plants.
a. Frothy bloat
b.Gas Free bloat
c. Foreign Body Syndrome
d.Dehydration
Frothy bloat
Aka Primary bloat
What is the minimum floor space requirement for mature buffalo bulls?
a. 6 meters squared
b.7 meters squared
c. 8 meters squared
d.9 meters squared
8 meters squared
Which of the following breeds of goats have the longest lactation length?
a. Toggenburg
b.Anglo-Nubian
c. Boer
d.Philippine Native Goat
Anglo-Nubian
The fat of a Carabao is best described as?
a. Lightly yellow or lemon yellow, sticky not tallow
b.Purely white, granulated and soft
c. White tallow and firm, drier and less sticky
d.White, hard, firm
White tallow and firm, drier and less sticky
Which breed of goat is the largest?
a.Anglo Nubian
b.Boer
c.Toggenburg
d.Alpine
Boer
Mating of a Murrah Buffalo to a Carabao is an example of:
a.Pure mating
b.Cross breeding
c.Back crossing
d.Line breeding
Cross breeding
Which of the following animals will not eat forage when it is on the ground?
a. Goat
b.Sheep
c. Cattle
d.Buffalo
Goat
One of the predisposing factor of uterine or vaginal prolapse is
obesity with concurrent?
a.Hypercalcemia
b.Hypocalcemia
c.Hyperkalemia
d.Hypokalemia
Hypocalcemia
How much is the crude protein of feed, if the feed was analyzed to contain 2% N?
a. 19%
b. 12.5%
c. 17.25%
d.9%
12.5%
