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What is Animal Science?

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Animal Science is the collective study of domestic animals.

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What is domestication?

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Animals that are under the control of man throughout their lives. Animals whose breeding is or can be controlled by man and which depend upon man throughout their lives for protection or food.

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Morrill Act

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1862 set up Land Grant Colleges

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Genotype

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The genetic makeup of an animal.

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Phenotype

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The physical appearance or measurable performance.

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Simply-Inherited traits

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Controlled by one (or a few) gene pairs.

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Polygenic Traits

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Controlled by many gene pairs

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What are animals used for?

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-Sports
-Recreation
-Religion
-Manufacturing
-Companions

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Animal Science specialties broken down

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-Genetics
-Nutrition
-Physiology
-Animal Health
-Ethology (Animal Behavior)
-Meat Science
-Dairy Product Service
-Biotechnology
-Animal Breeding

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Only 1/3 of animals are producing ____________ out of 2/3 of animals found in developing countries because of ________________.

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Meat, milk, and wool

low productivity including stress, lack of tech, and diseases.

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Animals produce what percentage of consumption for the world?

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17%

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How much do animals produce protein for the world?

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40%

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Why does Broiler production have a faster cash flow than any other industry?

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Because it takes less than almost two months rather than two years like cattle.

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What state has the largest horse, cattle, population/production?

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Texas

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What kind of integration does poultry consist of?

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Vertical Integration

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in what order does the beef female reproduction system go?

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external to farthest interior
1. Vulva
2. Vagina
3. Cervix
4. Uterus
5. Uterine Horns
6. Oviduct
7. infidibulium
8. Ovaries

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What does each part of the Beef Female Repro Tract do?

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  1. Vulva - designed to keep debris out of the body
  2. Vagina - organ of copulation at mating
  3. Cervix - the muscular valve that slows down invading materials
  4. Uterus - site of embryotic development/where babies grow
  5. Uterine Horns - allows to be close to the ovary
  6. Oviduct - tubes that carry the eggs
  7. Infundibulum - catches and channels the released ovum to the oviduct
  8. Ovaries - where ovum is produced/contains estrogen and progesterone.
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What is the male hormone and what does it do?

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Testosterone and it is critical for sperm development

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What are the 4 female hormones?

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Estrogen - critical for follicle development.
Progesterone - sustains pregnancy
Relaxin - causes ligaments around birth canal to relax
Oxytocin - allows milk let down

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What does the male reproduction system do?

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Testicles - site of sperm production and testosterone
Epididymis - sperm storage & maturation
Scrotum - Protects testes and regulates temp.
Vas Deferans - transports sperm from epididymis to
Uretha - tube inside of penis transports sperm or urine exterior.
Penis - organ of copulation

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Estrous Cycle

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A repetitive cycle occurring when pregnancy does not (period)

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Estrus

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Standing heat (grounds to mate)

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Fertilization

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Where ovum and sperm unite

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Gestation

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length of pregnancy

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Parturition
Act of giving birth
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what are the certified pedigree swine?
Chester White Poland China Spot Berkshire
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Pros of AI
Conception rate is high and effective Extends the use of males reduces diseases
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Cons of AI
Expensive Need to know estrous cycle of cows
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In Virto
Fertilization outside the body
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Number of days for a cow for Estrous cycle
21 days
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Number of days for a sheep for Estrous cycle
17 days
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Number of days for a horse for Estrous cycle
21
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Number of days for a goat for Estrous cycle
21
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Gestation length for cattle
283 days (calving)
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Corpus Luteum (CL)
the cells that remain in the follicle after the egg is ovulated becomes CL
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gestation period for sheep
150 days (lambing)
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gestation period for goats
150 days (kidding)
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gestation period for hogs
115 days (Farrowing)
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What is EPD
Expected Progeny Difference and it is a tool to see the predicted outcome of offspring
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gestation period for horses
336 days (foaling)
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what does a Yorkshire hog look like?
White with pink-ish with erect (stand up) ears
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what does a Chester White Hog look like?
white with pink-ish tone of skin and droopy ears and medium build and larger nose
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What does a Landrace hog look like?
All white, downward ears, larger bodied, and larger litters
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What breeds of hogs are in the National Swine Registry?
-Yorkshire -Landrace -Duroc -Hampshire
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What does a Duroc look like?
solid red, downward ears Extra - fast growing and excellent carcass
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What does a Hampshire hog look like?
Black with white belt with erect ears Extra - very lean, and muscular
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What does a Berkshire look like?
Black with white points erect ears. Extra - Fast and efficient growing carcass
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What does a Poland China look like
Black with 6 white points, droopy ears Extra - fast & efficient growing carcass
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What does a Spotted hog look like?
Spotty with droopy ears
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What does a Hereford hog look like?
Red bodied, white points and downward ears
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What are Follicles?
An egg that moves to the cavities of the ovaries to be surrounded by cells
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Mitosis
How the somatic cells divide
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Meiosis
the cell division that creates sex cells
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What is the purpose of Meiosis
The reason we study genetics
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What are qualitative traits (controlled by one pair of genes)
-coat color -polled or horned -white color -white wool
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What is it when one gene masks the trait of another
Dominant
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What is it when a gene will not show its affect if a dominant gene is present
Recessive
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What is the genetic makeup of an organism
Genotype
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What refers to the physical characteristics
Phenotype
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What is referred to as both alleles are the same
Homozygous
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What is referred to as two alleles are different
Heterozygous
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what is the act of breeding two closely related individuals
Inbreeding
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what is the act of breeding two extremely closely related individuals
Line breeding
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Mating less closely related individuals
outbreeding
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what is the term for mating animals from different breeds
Cross breeding
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what is the actual genetic merit
Estimated Breeding Value
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What are reproductive EPDs (traits)
Low traits
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What are maternal EPDs (traits)
average traits
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What are carcass EPDs (traits)
High traits
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Mechanical forces Chemical action Hydrolysis of ingestion
Digestion
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the way the animal gathers the food into their mouths
Phrehension
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Where the food enters the digestive track
Mouth
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Chewing
Mastication
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The muscular tube that takes the food from the mouth to the stomach
Esophogus
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Animals that have multi-compartment stomachs
Ruminants
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What are the ruminant compartments
-Rumen -Reticulum -Omasum -Abomasum
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Allows the ruminant to break down cellulose
Rumen
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Microorganisms that continually break down and eat
Microbes
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Separated from the rumen by a ridge of tissue and looks like honeycomb
Reticulum
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Acts as a pump to transfer food
Omasum
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The ruminants true stomach
Abomasum
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What is a one stomached animal
Monogastric
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breaks down carbohydrates and fats
Pancreas
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the portion between the stomach and anus the longest section of the digestive system
Small Intestine
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what three parts are made up of the small intestine
-duodenum -jejunum -ileum
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the largest gland of the body stores vitamins, iron, & glycogen detoxifies chemicals and pollutants
Liver
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Main function of removal of water and food waste compresses waste into a form easier to digest
Large intestine
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What 4 parts make up the large intestine
-cecum (what allows the horses to eat so much forage) -colon -rectum -anus

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