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ASCI 112 Final Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Somatotropin - ANSWER-also known as the growth hormone; protein hormone that stimulates growth, cell reproduction, and cell regeneration; increases calcium retention, strengthens bones, increases muscle mass, promotes lipolysis, increases protein...

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ASCI 112 Final Exam Questions &
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Somatotropin - ANSWER-also known as the growth hormone; protein hormone that stimulates growth,
cell reproduction, and cell regeneration; increases calcium retention, strengthens bones, increases
muscle mass, promotes lipolysis, increases protein synthesis, reduces liver uptake of glucose, stimulates
immune system, stimulates growth of internal organs (except brain)



rBST - ANSWER-growth hormone given to cows that is genetically produced in the lab; increases milk
yield



Somatic Cells - ANSWER-white blood cells in mile that help the body fight infection



SCC - ANSWER-somatic cell count; increases with infection; healthy= <200,000 cells/mL



Mastitis - ANSWER-infection of the udder; 400,000-1,000,000 cells/mL (250 million cells/cup); milk is
dumped down the drain because of antibiotics



Science - ANSWER-a process of discovering how the physical world works; how things relate to each
other



Inductive - ANSWER-leads to "possible" or "probable" connections among things; generalization



Deductive - ANSWER-leads to "certain" conclusions; reasoning from cause and effect



Generalization - ANSWER-consistent observations of something in a subset (sample) is construed to be
true of the whole set (population)



Hypothesis - ANSWER-a clear statement that should be specified before research is conducted of what is
intended to be investigated; can be tested, is not a moral or ethical question, is not too general, is a
prediction of consequences

, Reproduction - ANSWER-required for propagation and continuation of a species; an essential process



Pregnancy - ANSWER-successful timing of ovulation and mating; if fertilization has not occurred within
12 hours, oocyte begins to degenerate



Parturition - ANSWER-process of giving birth that is initiated by hormones secreted by offspring



Estrus - ANSWER-refers to a shorter period of time when the female is receptive to the male and allows
breeding to occur; usually 1-1.5 days in our livestock species (6 days in the horse); being in heat



Estrous Cycle - ANSWER-refers to the period of time between one ovulation episode until another;
usually 18-21 days in our livestock species



Anestrous - ANSWER-female is not having repeated estrous cycles; caused by gestation, lactation,
nutrition, season



Polyestrous - ANSWER-repeated estrous cycles throughout the year; swine and cattle



Seasonally Polyestrous - ANSWER-repeated estrous cycles only certain times of the year; goats, sheep,
and horses



Diestrous - ANSWER-only two cycles per year, usually in spring and fall; dogs



Monoestrous - ANSWER-animals with one cycle per year; fox and mink



Broad Ligament - ANSWER-holds uterine horns along uterus



Uterine Tube - ANSWER-where an egg will be fertilized by sperm (fallopian)

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