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a ____ animal is one that is eligible for registration with a particular breed registry
- ANSWER✔✔purebred
which of these would be considered a typical/average weaning weight for a beef
animal - ANSWER✔✔500 lbs
alabama ranks ____ in the nation for beef cattle production - ANSWER✔✔15th
what US state ranks 1st in swine production - ANSWER✔✔Iowa
alabama ranks ____ in poultry production - ANSWER✔✔2nd
approximately what portion of the american public is actively involved in
agriculture today - ANSWER✔✔1%
on average american spend____ of their total disposable income on food today
compared to 50 years ago - ANSWER✔✔half as much
which of these is not one of the missions of a modern land-grant university -
ANSWER✔✔advocacy
what act of congress created the land-grant university system - ANSWER✔✔1862
morril act
,what act of congress creates the federal and state extension service -
ANSWER✔✔1914 smith-lever act
what act of congress led to the establishment of state agricultural experiment
stations - ANSWER✔✔1887 hatch act
a cow-crop producer typically raises cattle from ___ to ____ - ANSWER✔✔birth,
weaning
in general, beef cattle producers aim for a ____ day calving window -
ANSWER✔✔60
dairy cattle lactation record is reported on a ___ day basis - ANSWER✔✔305
a swine producer who breeds sows and raises the pigs all the way to harvest is
known as a ______ producer - ANSWER✔✔farrow to finish
sheep and goats, depending on the breed, may be raised for meat, milk, hides,
and/or ____ - ANSWER✔✔fiber
today, there are ____ horses in the US, compared to the number of horses in the
country prior to WWI - ANSWER✔✔fewer
_____ is the study of animal behavior - ANSWER✔✔ethology
, pavlov's experiment with canine behavior is an example of ____ conditioning -
ANSWER✔✔classical
electric fencing relies on ____ conditioning principles to contain large animals -
ANSWER✔✔operant
castration is used to reduce undesirable _____ behavior in male animals -
ANSWER✔✔sexual
a ___ is a male animal with one or more testicles which fail to descend from the
abdominal cavity - ANSWER✔✔cryptorchid
how animals interact with each other and with humans is known as ___ behavior -
ANSWER✔✔agonistic
pigs rolling in mud is an example of _____ behavior - ANSWER✔✔shelter-
seeking
cribbing in horses is an example of ____ behavior - ANSWER✔✔maladaptive
the tendency for animals to repeat the same behavior at a specific time each day is
known as_____ - ANSWER✔✔allelomimetic
females tend to be most aggressive _______ giving birth -
ANSWER✔✔immediately after
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