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Name a few ways animals benefit humans.

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Food, fuel, shelter, recreation, pharmaceutical etc…

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What is the definition of domestication of animals?

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Bringing wild animals under the control of humans and eventually improve the species by selection, mating, and handling.

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What is the goal of domesticating animals?

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Provide improved products and services for humans

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What species did the dog come from?

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Wolf

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Advantages of dogs

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Hunting, work, protection, company

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Scientific name of sheep

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Ovis Aries

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What climate are goats most effective at?

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Hot climates

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Scientific name of pig

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Sus scrofa domesticus

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About how many years ago were pigs domesticated and from what species

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8000-9000 European wild pig

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How much of an animal is used in slaughter?

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All of it

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What were cattle derived from?

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Bos primigenius

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Where did Bos primigenius originate and where was the last one killed?

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Originated in: Europe

Killed: Poland

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What are the two different species of cattle

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Bos indicus

Bos Taurus

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Where did Bos indicus originate?

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India

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Describe a Bos indicus

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Hump/big ears and loose skin

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Where would you find Bos indicus in the us

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Mainly in the southwest

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Where would one find Bos Taurus In us

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Northwestern area

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What is the scientific name of a horse

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Equus caballus

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Why was a horse not domesticated first

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Harder to catch

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Scientific name of a chicken

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Gallus domesticus

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How many years ago were chickens domesticated

And from what

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7500-8000 years ago from jungle fowl

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When were aquaculture domesticated

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They weren’t domesticated they were farmed

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What is the definition of agriculture

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Utilization of biological processes to produce food, fiber and other products useful for humans

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What’s another name for the land grant college act of 1862

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The morrill act

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Who sponsored the morrill act?
Justin smith morrill
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What did the morrill act propose
That federal owned land be sold and the proceeds used to establish at least one college in each state
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When was the morrill act passed
1862
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What is the morrill act Based on
The northwest ordinance passed in 1787 authorizing sale of public lands for support of education
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How many acres donated to each state
30,000 acres (for each member of congress donated to each state
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What is the morrill act to be used for
For the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college
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What was the morrill act designed for
To provide access to the common person
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What is the hatch act of 1887
Federal funding to establish agricultural experiment stations for research
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What did the smith lever act of 1914 provide
For the cooperative extension system (4-h)
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What did the smith Hughes act of 1917 do
vocational training in high school
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What is the big picture on the us food expenditures
It compares low to the rest of the world Inexpensive foot supply
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Ya food intake patterns
Went from satity foods to fatty foods.
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How have animal products contributed to human nutrition?
People choose food based on cultural products that are highly desirable
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The us is considered a society on the run because ...
People east fast food and always trying to make things faster
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Is the current global food supply adequate for all?
Yes but 800 million are inadequately fed due to inequitable distribution
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Name 3 human inedible materials for animal production
Forage Crop residue Food and fiber processing by products
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Name two types of feed for animal production that are edible for humans
Cereal grain | Some oil seed meals
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How much will global food demand increase by due to population and middle class growth
100%
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Where will 70% of global food come from?
The continued use of safe, efficacious technology to increase population
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What will be required across the entire global food chain to keep people fed
Close collaboration
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Has modern agriculture become more green?
Overall yes Growth products help Mortality rate is down 100% use of product
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Has efficiency in agriculture improved give an example
Yes. | It takes less dairy cows to produce enough milk
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Definition of breed
Selecting animals that look like eachother to pass traits uniformly to offspring
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Def of pedigree
Record of an individuals ancestry
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What is the most registered breed of cattle
Angus
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What is the least registered breed
Santa gertrudis
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What is intramuscular fat
Fat within the muscle
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What is intermuscular fat?
Fat around the muscle
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Herefords are described as...
Hardy, good disposition
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Charolais is a ____________________ ______________________ | Breed
Continental European (France)
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Why are Charolais used as a terminal sire
Because heavy muscled/fast growth
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Simmental originated from...
Switzerland Germany France
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Simmental are considered a _______ ________________ breed
Dual purpose
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Gestation period of a cow
283 days
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How long between calving to weaning for calves
6-8 monthsv205 days?
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What age and about what weight is ideal for market beef?
1300 lbs 18 months
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Compared to dairy, beef produce how much milk
Mod. To low
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Compared to beef who have 70+, how many breeds of dairy
1-5
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Is crossbreeding common in dairy cows
No not at all
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What dairy cow on average produces the most milk
Holstein from holland | 21,000
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What dairy cow produces the least amount of milk
Jersey from jersey isle | 14,000
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What is negative energy balance?
Can't eat enough to offset what they put into their milk during lactation
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What is the most common Bos indicus influenced breed
Brahman which creates other breeds
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Advantage/disadvantage of Brahman
Advantage: Heat tolerant Insect resistant Foot root resistant Disadvantage: No marble in intramuscular fat
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How long are cattle in a packer
Less than 24 hours because then feed industry has to feed them. 3-7 days at most
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What genetic trait does a dairy focus on? Beef industry?
Dairy: Milk production Beef: Multiple (carcass, docility, weaning weight)
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Brown Swiss have high milk _____, but low milk ________________
Fat, production
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What is advantage of jersey dairy cow
Milk fat % | Good for ice cream
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When should you rebates a cow
80 days or that first dotted line on chart
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When is a females Highest feed requirement and why
Lactation because that is when the calf rapidly grows
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When does the fetus/cow grow the fastest?
3 trimester
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What describes how much an animal eats!
Dry matter intake
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Why are dairy cows usually a i Ed
Because dairy Bulls are mean
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When do heifers start breeding
15 months to calve at 2 years They try to get heifer to weigh 65% of her mature body weight before breeding
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What is the estrus cycle?
?
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What is the brief part of the estrous cycle that lasts only 24 hours
Estrus =heat
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Difference of estrus and estrous
Estrus=heat | Estrous=the whole cycle?
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What is the biggest management concern for breeding cows
Heat detection
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A cow should calf every ____ months (dairy) (beef)
Dairy: 13 Beef: 12
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What is colostrum
Antibodies in first milk to calf to help boost immune system. Gets rid of foreign bodies in blood stream
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What is another name for antibodies?
Immunoglobulins= protein
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How long are calves fed milk that is not salable
6-8 weeks
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Why are calves introduced to dry feed early
To stimulate rumen function and reduce costs
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Why are calves raised seperatley
To reduce disease and competition for feed
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Calves need colostrum within the first _______ hours
24 hours but 3 hours is best because that way their stomachs have not developed and will allow calf to absorb it more
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What is the average birth weight of calves
75lbs
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Why does birth weight differ in sheep
- breed | - # of lambs born
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In sheep you want how many lambs
2 because (twins) 2 tests
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What is a lambs average birth weight
10 lbs
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What age are sheep at first lambing
1 compared to cow which is 2
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What is the gestation period of a sheep
147 days
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What is a seasonal breeders
Only breed half the year
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What does seasonal anestrous mean
Times where sheep are not cycling
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What is a short day breeder and give exp.
They start to cycle when days start to getting shorter. | Sheep

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