Exam 1

Question 1

Buck

Answer 1

Mature male goat

Question 2

Doe

Answer 2

Mature female goat

Question 3

Kid

Answer 3

Goat offspring

Question 4

Doeling

Answer 4

Female offspring

Question 5

Buckling

Answer 5

Male offspring

Question 6

Wether

Answer 6

Castrated male goat

Question 7

Ram

Answer 7

Mature male sheep

Question 8

Ewe

Answer 8

Mature female sheep

Question 9

Lamb

Answer 9

Young sheep (under a one year)

Question 10

Bull

Answer 10

Mature male cow

Question 11

Cow

Answer 11

Mature female

Question 12

Steer

Answer 12

Castrated male cow

Question 13

Heifer

Answer 13

Immature female that has not had a calf

Question 14

Calf

Answer 14

Cow offspring

Question 15

Utilitarianism

Answer 15

An action is right if and only if it produces the most overall happiness of all available actions

Question 16

Kantianism

Answer 16

This moral theory rejects the utilitarian view that consequences are all that matter, instead it says that the moral worth of an action depends only on its intentions

Question 17

Animal rights

Answer 17

-Is a philosophy of the standing of animals in relation to human society
-Does not support the use of animals if it does benefit for both animals and humans

Question 18

Animal welfare

Answer 18

-Concerned with the well-being and care of an animal while providing care for human needs
-Supports the use of animal care if done so in a healthy perspective way

Question 19

Genome

Answer 19

All of the genetic material in an organism

Question 20

Allele

Answer 20

Various forms of a given gene

Question 21

Gene

Answer 21

Smaller segments of DNA, within the large molecules

Question 22

Forages

Answer 22

-Tend to have high protein and energy with low fiber
-Quality of forage depends on when it was harvested
-High moisture forages are pasture
-Dried forages are hay
-Silages can also be forages

Question 23

Roughages

Answer 23

-Feeds with high fiber content, low digestibility, and low weight per unit volume
-Typically, straw as well as grass and legumes that have a greater fiber content

Question 24

Concentrates

Answer 24

-Concentrated source of energy and protein
-Energy concentrates include brewery byproducts, cereal grains, animal and veggie fats, beet pulp, fruits, bakery waste
-Protein concentrates include seeds, oilseed meals, animals/poultry byproducts, non-protein nitrogen, dried distillers/brewers’ grains

Question 25

Growth

Answer 25

-Process of increasing in size (need to be able to grow bone, muscle, fat) -Essential for animal health -Basis for production animal operations -Animals nutrients affect ability to grow properly

Question 26

What are the building blocks for growth?

Answer 26

-Protein -Energy -Hormones (fats and carbs) -Genetics

Question 27

Scrapie

Answer 27

-Causes neurological disorders in sheep -Infective agent: prion Transmission: contact with "birth fluid"

Question 28

Bloat

Answer 28

-Excessive accumulation of gas within the rumen -If not relieved, it can become very severe, can cause compression of the heart and lungs and lead to death -Cause: changes in diet/feed the animal is on as well as structural abnormalities

Question 29

Estrous cycle length

Answer 29

Sheep:17 days Goat:21 days Cow: 21 days

Question 30

Gestation period

Answer 30

Sheep and goat: 150 days Cow: 283 days

Question 31

Normal body temp

Answer 31

Sheep:100.9-103.8 degrees F Goats:101.3-103.5 degrees F Cow:101.5 degrees F (can range from 98-102.4 degrees F)

Question 32

Importer and exporters of lamb

Answer 32

-China is the largest importer

Question 33

Artificial selection

Answer 33

When humans have control in the breeding process

Question 34

Natural selection

Answer 34

When animals can breed when they want with no human interference

Question 35

How can we use genetics to select for certain desirable production traits?

Answer 35

Animal breeding is the application of genetic principles to improve the efficiency of production of farm animals

Question 36

The lactation length of goats

Answer 36

284 days

Question 37

When do goat and sheep go into heat?

Answer 37

During the fall and they are short day breeders

Question 38

When do cattle come into heat?

Answer 38

All year around

Question 39

What is the most popular breed of beef cattle in the US?

Answer 39

Black Angus

Question 40

Bos taurus

Answer 40

Found more in Europe

Question 41

Bos indicus

Answer 41

Found more near India, warmer weather year around

Question 42

Scours

Answer 42

-Calf diarrhea -Causes: infectious agents (bacteria, viruses and protozoa, as well as noninfectious causes)

Question 43

Five freedoms

Answer 43

-Freedom from thirst, hunger and malnutrition -Freedom from discomfort -Freedom from pain, injury and disease -Freedom from fear and distress -Freedom to express normal behavior

Question 44

Important health preventions cattle

Answer 44

-Maintaining a healthy herd -Adequate nutrition -Good sanitation -Vaccinations -Parasite control

Question 45

Products produced

Answer 45

-Meat -Milk -Fiber -Leather, blankets. etc.

Question 46

Breed of goat that produces the most milk

Answer 46

Saanen

Question 47

Breed of goat that has most protein and fat in milk

Answer 47

Nigerian dwarf

Question 48

How to tell a sheep's age without birthdate

Answer 48

-Teeth

Question 49

How to measure stress in animals

Answer 49

Measuring blood