Unit 2

Question 1

Aquaculture

Answer 1

Raising of aquatic animals or the cultivation of aquatic plants for food

Question 2

Broilers

Answer 2

A young meat-type chicken of either sex (usually 6 to 8 weeks of age) weighing 3 to 5 lb. Also referred to as a fryer or young chicken

Question 3

Chevon

Answer 3

Meat from goats

Question 4

Choice

Answer 4

Most economical and most desirable carcass grade.

Question 5

Commercial

Answer 5

1) A carcass grade of cattle; (2) livestock that are not registered or
pedigreed by a registry (e.g., breed) association.

Question 6

Cull

Answer 6

To eliminate one or more animals from the breeding herd or flock.

Question 7

Cutability

Answer 7

Fat, lean, and bone composition of meat animals; used interchangeably with
yield grade

Question 8

Diethylstilbestrol (DES)

Answer 8

A synthetic (estrogen) compound recognized by the estrogen receptors as a steroid; no longer used in production.

Question 9

Dressing Percentage

Answer 9

Percentage of the live animal weight that becomes the carcass
weight at slaughter. It is determined by dividing the carcass weight by the liveweight,
then multiplying by 100. Used interchangeably with yield.

Question 10

Essential Ammino Acids

Answer 10

Those which cannot be made in the body from other
substances, or which cannot be made in sufficient amounts for physiological (body
function) needs.

Question 11

Estradiol Benzoate

Answer 11

• A natural type of estrogen (female hormone) combined with the
  chemical benzoate

Question 12

Estrogen

Answer 12

Any hormone (including estradiol, estriol, and estrone) that causes the
female to come physiologically into heat and to be receptive to the male.
Produced by the follicle of the ovary and by the placenta.

Question 13

Growth Promotants

Answer 13

Used to help increase the efficiency of animal production by
increasing weight gain and product output.

Question 14

Half Life

Answer 14

Time it takes for the body to eliminate half of the substance - it is a common
measure for use in describing how long substances stay in an animal’s body

Question 15

Melengestrol Acetate (MGA)

Answer 15

• A feed additive that suppresses estrus in heifers and is widely used in the feedlot industry.

Question 16

Marbling Scores

Answer 16

Amount of fat interspersed in the muscle.

Question 17

Maturity Scores

Answer 17

Reflects age of animal at slaughter.

Question 18

Meat

Answer 18

the tissues of the animal body used for food

Question 19

Mutton

Answer 19

Meat from a sheep that is over 1 year old.

Question 20

Norgestomet

Answer 20

Same effect as MGA

Question 21

Prime

Answer 21

Superior marbling, proper carcass conformation and adequate maturity.

Question 22

Progesterone

Answer 22

• A hormone produced by the corpus luteum that stimulates progestational proliferation in the uterus of the female.

Question 23

Protein

Answer 23

• A large molecule of one or more chains of amino acids in a specific order, the order is determined by the base sequence of nucleotides in the gene coding for the
  protein.

Question 24

Select

Answer 24

– May be referred to as “no-roll” since it isn’t stamped with the USDA grade.

 Must have slight marbling.
 Meat is inspected but not marked with a stamp as Prime and Choice, so it can
be sold under store names.

Question 25

Standard Grade

Answer 25

• Usually older animals and thin animals.

Question 26

Steroid

Answer 26

Artificially produced drug similar to the natural hormone that controls
inflammation and regulates water balance

Question 27

Synovex H

Answer 27

Synthetic steroid used in meat production.

Question 28

Synthetic

Answer 28

Made by chemical synthesis, especially to imitate a natural product.

Question 29

Testosterone Propionate

Answer 29

A natural hormone which has been combined with a
chemical, propionic acid, to increase its half-life.

Question 30

Veal

Answer 30

• Meat from very young cattle, under 3 months of age.

Question 31

Zeranol (Ralgro)

Answer 31

• A synthetic compound (not a steroid) and is recognized in the target
  cells as estrogen.