Tarleton Invitational 3-25-2015

Question 1

When evaluating Market Broilers, the shape and size of the body parts relative to each other are referenced to as the Broilers Structure or ——?

Answer 1

Body conformation. (Pb-3)

Question 2

Leghorn laying hens come into production around 20 weeks of age on an average, and body pigment starts to retreat from the extremities of the hen. According to research studies, if a hen has been in production for 8-12 weeks (cumulative) what is the average number of eggs that hen should have laid?

Answer 2

68 (pb -9; chart)

Question 3

One of more than 20 organic acids found in animal and plant cells and considered build,in blocks of protein are called?

Answer 3

Amino acid (pd-3

Question 4

The poultry Science Manual describes the specifications for standards of quality for individual carcasses and parts. In evaluating exposed flesh in a freshly processed carcass a USDA certified Poultry Grader evaluates a Whole Broiler Carcass that weighs between 2 and 6 pounds and determines that whole carcass possesses an exposure of flesh in the lower left quadrant of the breast to be greater than a quarter of an inch and the Grader also found that both wing tips and the tail head of the Broiler Carcass had been removed. What USDA Grade would be assessed for the Whole Broiler Carcass?

Answer 4

B (pB-21)

Question 5

When making evaluations in a FFA Poultry Career Development Event, knowledge of the parts of an egg will aid the participant in grading individual she’ll eggs. The poultry Science Manual 6th Edition list 4 main interior divisions of an egg one of which is the Yolk. What is the acceptable scientific term used to describe the Yolk?

Answer 5

Ovum

Question 6

The Poultry Science Manual advises that you consider 3 yolk factors when evaluating egg quality. Yolk size and shape and Distinctness of yolk shadow outline are two of these factors. The third factor listed is what?

Answer 6

Yolk defects and germ development

Question 7

When evaluating the interior quality of a White Shelled Egg you observe several blood spots in the egg. However, these do not aggregate more than one-eighth of an inch in diameter. What USDA industry grade would you assign this White Shelled Market Egg?

Answer 7

B

Question 8

The total surface area of a normal 2 ounce egg equals how many square inches?

Answer 8

10 1/2 inch s

Question 9

According to USDA regulations the finished product of formed patties, tenders, or nuggets contains breaking that is flour based and is limited to what percentage of that product?

Answer 9

30%

Question 10

A poultry part that includes the full breast with corresponding back portion, it may include the wings should be identified as what part?

Answer 10

Front half (B-46)

Question 11

Various skin colors found on fowl, particularly of the shanks and beaks, result from different combinations of pigments called?

Answer 11

Caratenoids (C-16)

Question 12

In Avian embryology, the embryo-forming portion of an egg after completion of cleavage; the layer of cells that develops on the surface of the yolk and gives rise to the germinal disc from which the embryo develops is called?

Answer 12

Blastoderm (D-4)

Question 13

Ducks have the scientific Genus and species name:

Answer 13

Anas platyrhynochos

C-14

Question 14

The muscle that extends the Tarsometatarsus (foot) outward is the:
A.  Pterylarum
B. Obliquus
C. Iliotibialis
D. Peroneus

Answer 14

D. Peroneus

C-17

Question 15

Another term for Gizzard is?

Answer 15

Ventriculus

C-22

Question 16

The endocrine gland that secretes the hormone, estrogen, which stimulates development of the secondary sexual characteristics, along with other functions, is the ?

Answer 16

Ovary

C-26

Question 17

When a chick first hatches, the ??? membrane, is visible on the inside of the shell, crisscrossed by small blood vessels

Answer 17

Chorioallantoic

C-30

Question 18

During the chick development cycle, there have been several frequent malpositions that have been identified. Some of these are deemed not very serious, however, a very serious Malposition that less than half of the chicks with this malpositions hatch is:

Answer 18

The head toward the pointed (small) end of the egg

C-33

Question 19

The poultry term used to describe wasting away; abnormal leanness caused by starvation or disease is:

Answer 19

Emaciation

D-6

Question 20

An organism in which an organism lives and by which it is nourished is called:

Answer 20

Parasite host

C-39

Question 21

In avian embryology, the time in early embryonic development when cells move to where they must be to form the embryo is called:

Answer 21

Gastrulation

D-8

Question 22

The disease that is caused by a herpes virus is?
A. Newcastle
B. Infectious Bronchitis
C. Marek's 
D. Fowl Pox

Answer 22

C. Marek’s

C-44

Question 23

The key ingredients for successful aerobic composting are a proper carbon to nitrogen ration. This ratio should be at least:

Answer 23

25:1

C-62

Question 24

The moisture content of Poultry Manure is approximately ? % as excreted is?
Or what is the moisture content of excreted poultry Manuel!

Answer 24

75%

c-65

Question 25

The lowest temperature that can be obtained by evaporating water into the air at a constant pressure is called ??? temperature?
A. Dry Bulb, B. Ambient Temperature, C. Wet Bulb Temperature, D. Hyperbaric Temperature

Answer 25

C. Wet bulb temperature