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