Chapter 3

Question 1

Which animal is an ruminant?

Answer 1

Cows (4 stomachs)

Question 2

What is a problem with the production of beef environmentally?

Answer 2

Production of gases and production of methane

Question 3

How much beef do Canadians eat per person annually?

Answer 3

20 kg

Question 4

What are the interventions farmers use for beef?

Answer 4

Vaccination
Castration
Dehorning
Branding
Ear tags

Question 5

How long are beef penned for?

Answer 5

60 to 200 days

Question 6

What are types of forage plants?

Answer 6

Timothy, bromegrass and fescues

Alphalfa and red clover

Question 7

What are types of silage?

Answer 7

Barley and corn

Question 8

What is in the feed grade grain given to beef?

Answer 8

Barley and corn (processed with fats and vitamins added)

By-products from other industries - bran, process plants

Question 9

What are used to manage beef health?

Answer 9

Antibiotics - treat illness

Growth hormones - only used for beef in Canada (used to increase lean tissue and decrease fat)

Question 10

What does FCR stand for?

Answer 10

Food conversion ratio

Question 11

Types of operations for dairy

Answer 11

Tie stall operation

Free stall barns

Question 12

What is the life cycle of the dairy cow?

Answer 12

Bred via insemination at 15 months
First calf at 2 years
Females entered milking herd
Milked 2 to 3 times per day

Question 13

What do dairy cows eat?

Answer 13

Clover and alfalfa hay, ground oats, barely, corn and soybeans

Question 14

How many dozen eggs does a Canadian consume per year?

Answer 14

21 dozen eggs

Question 15

What are boilers?

Answer 15

Meat chickens

Question 16

When do boilers hatch?

Answer 16

21 days after incubation

Question 17

What do chickens eat?

Answer 17

88% grains and grain by products such as canola
10% meat and bone meal/vegetable fats
1.5% minerals and vitamins

Question 18

What is free run?

Answer 18

Chickens can move around in a barn but do not have to be outside

Question 19

What is free range?

Answer 19

Must have access to outdoors but no rule to how much

Question 20

Hormone/Steroid free chickens means?

Answer 20

Used for marketing, all chickens are hormone and steroid free

Question 21

What are farrowing pens?

Answer 21

Birthing pens for sows

Question 22

How often do pigs give birth

Answer 22

Give birth twice a year to 8 - 12 piglets

Question 23

What happens after piglets are born?

Answer 23

Nurse for two to four weeks

Dock tails, clip teeth and castrate males

Question 24

What happens in a nursery barn?

Answer 24

Feeder pigs
Grain fed and kept in groups
Kept until 25 kg

Question 25

What do pigs eat?

Answer 25

Corn, soybean and barley

Question 26

What is Canada's number 1 seafood export?

Answer 26

Lobster

Question 27

What are types of shellfish?

Answer 27

Calms, mussels, squid, crabs, lobster, shrimp

Question 28

What are groundfish? | Name 3 fish

Answer 28

Live on or near bottom of water | Cod, sole, halibut, flounder and haddock

Question 29

What are pelagics? | Name 3 fish

Answer 29

"Open sea" fish | Ocean perch, pacific herring and pacific sardines

Question 30

What fish do we output the most of?

Answer 30

Salmon 70%

Question 31

Which province outputs the most aquaculture?

Answer 31

British Columbia

Question 32

What do fish eat?

Answer 32

Depends on food chain | Includes fish meal and oil

Question 33

In Canada, growth hormones are used in the production of:

Answer 33

Beef

Question 34

An example of a Canadian anadromous fish is:

Answer 34

Salmon

Question 35

The following is a common dairy cattle breed:

Answer 35

Holstein

Question 36

The following is a common beef cattle breed

Answer 36

Hereford

Question 37

Tie-stall operations can be found in the production of:

Answer 37

Dairy

Question 38

Farrowing pens can be found in the production of:

Answer 38

Pork

Question 39

An example of a Canadian "groundfish" is:

Answer 39

Cod

Question 40

Most Canadian beef production occurs in:

Answer 40

Alberta

Question 41

Laying chickens and broiler chickens are fed exactly the same diet.

Answer 41

False

Question 42

The main legume crop included in Canadian forages is:

Answer 42

Alfalfa

Question 43

Fermented plant material that is fed to livestock is called:

Answer 43

Silage

Question 44

Feed Conversion Ratios are generally lowest for:

Answer 44

Salmon

Question 45

The largest number of Canadian dairy farms occur in:

Answer 45

Quebec

Question 46

Free Run chickens must have access to the outdoors.

Answer 46

False

Question 47

In Canada, we obtain the largest quantity of fish and seafood landings from:

Answer 47

The Atlantic Ocean

Question 48

The top Canadian seafood export is:

Answer 48

Lobster

Question 49

A purse seine is particularly useful at catching large schools of pelagic fish.

Answer 49

True

Question 50

Sea Scallops are caught using a:

Answer 50

Dredge

Question 51

The top producing aquaculture species is:

Answer 51

Salmon