Flashcards in Help Deck (41):
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Common breeds
Angus lab Holstein Yorkshire, quarter horse, Persian cat Maine cat
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What is a Sheeps weight at 60 days
60 lbs
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What is a Sheeps market weight
130
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Sheep are known as what kind of breeders?
Seasonal breeders
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What is it called when an animal isn't cycling give an example of animal
Seasonally anestrous
Sheep
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What are the three different classifications for breeds of sheep
Ewe breeds meat breeds and wool breeds
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What are some long wool breeds
Lincoln and Romney
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Name some fine wool breeds
Rambouillet merino
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What wool is more valuable
Finer
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What are examples of meat breeds/sire breeds (sheep)
Suffolk Hampshire Dorset
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Ewe breeds
Rambouillet crossbreeds
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What is it called when a female cannot offset what she is putting into lactation
Negative energy balance
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How much do each piglet way
4 lbs
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What age do you wean swine
13 lbs 20 days
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What does it mean to be farrowing
Sow giving birth
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How many litters does a sow have a year
2.2
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What do you call a sow who has had 3 liters
Third party sow
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What is the oldest breed of horses
Arabian- a lot of breeds originated from them
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Are horses monogastrica or ruminants
Mono
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What makes horses different from other monogastrica
Hind guy fermenter
Ruminant has fore guy fermenter
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What is the typical birth weight of a horse
104
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What age are horses weaned
6 months
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When are horses bred
After 2 years of age
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What is the most numerous draft horse breed in us
Belgian
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When are cats weaned
6-7 weeks
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When are cats at puberty
5 months
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What is whelping
Dog giving birth
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What are cats and dogs when it comes to eating
Carnivores
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What is kindling
Rabbit giving birth
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What do rabbits have that allow them not to need colostrum
Passive immunity
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What is passive immunity
Antibodies in blood stream that pass from mother to fetus through placenta before birth.
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What is parturition
General term for giving birth
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What do cats and rabbits have in common
They are induced ovulators
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What does it mean to be induced ovulators
Semen induces ovulation.
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Name the ruminants
Goat, cow, sheep
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What is a rabbitry
Place where rabbits are kept and breed
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How many offspring do rabbits usually have
10
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Rabbit and horses are similar how?
They both have a functional cecum
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Cats are considered polyesterous which means
Cycle many times
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Dogs are considered monestroes means?
Single estrous cycle
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