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ANSC 107 Exam 2 TAMU Study GuideQuestions With Expert Solutions |Updated &
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How do genetics play a role in health programs? - ✔✔eliminate animals with problems to minimize
presence of poor genes
Isolation / Quarantine - ✔✔separate new animals for 6-8
weeks test animals for disease
Types of animal identification - ✔✔branding, ear tagging, ear notching, tattoo, microchip,
retinal scanning
What are the steps when an animal is sick? - ✔✔1) quickly identify sick animals
2) quarantine
3) diagnose, treat, document
4) identify cause of sickness
Zoonotic disease - ✔✔disease that can be passed between animals and
humans ex: ring worm
How to prevent spread of zoonotic disease - ✔✔pasteurization, inspection of meat, proper
sanitation, vaccination of animals, elimination of infected animals
Producers should only select for... - ✔✔traits with economic value
Reproductive performance has the ... - ✔✔highest economic importance of all traits
Factors of growth - ✔✔birth weight, weaning weight, yearling weight
, Why do producers breed for longevity? - ✔✔longer life = greater return
Beef records that should be kept - ✔✔birth date, sire, dam, birth weight, weaning weight, gain
test weight, yearling weight, yearling scrotal measurement
Sheep records that should be kept - ✔✔birth date, sire, dam, birth weight, birth type, 60/90 day
weight, gain test weight, fleece weight/gain, yearling scrotal measurement
Swine records that should be kept - ✔✔birth date, sire, dam, NBA, weaning weight, days to 260
lbs, feed/gain, ultrasound data
Horse records that should be kept - ✔✔birth date, sire, dam, growth, time/distance
Number one way to measure carcass merit - ✔✔ultrasound
EPD - ✔✔estimate of how future progeny will compare to progeny of other animals within breed
What is EPD based on? - ✔✔combination of individual pedigree and progeny difference info
Birth weight - ✔✔indicator of calving ease
Weaning weight - ✔✔reflects pre-weaning growth
Yearling weight - ✔✔best estimate of growth due to less maternal influence in this
weight predict feedlot performance
Scrotal circumference - ✔✔best estimate of fertility
related to quantity and quality of semen as well as age of puberty in daughters
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