asc 102 exam 1 questions & answers 2024/2025
domestic animal - ANSWERSanimal selectively bred in captivity and thereby modified from its ancestors for use by humans who control its breeding and food supply
goat - ANSWERSfirst farm (or food) animal to be adapted for use by humans
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domestic animal - ANSWERSanimal selectively bred in captivity and thereby modified from its ancestors
for use by humans who control its breeding and food supply
goat - ANSWERSfirst farm (or food) animal to be adapted for use by humans
animal husbandry - ANSWERSunderstanding of how to care for and manage farm animals so their
requirements for good health and welfare and people's requirements for their use are met; sometimes
described as an art
market classes - ANSWERShave been established to segregate animals, carcasses, and products into
uniform groups based on preferences of buyers and sellers.
aves - ANSWERSzoological class containing chickens and turkeys
mammalia - ANSWERSzoological class containing orders Perissodactyla and Artiodactyla
genus and species of zebu cattle - ANSWERSgenus: bos species: indicus
genus and species of domestic sheep - ANSWERSgenus: ovis, species: aries
purebred - ANSWERSanimal eligible for registry with a recognized breed association
grading-up - ANSWERSmating scheme in which males of one breed are used on females of any other
breed with the female offspring from successive generations being kept as replacements
genetic composition of offspring resulting from the following cross:
, WD male x (7/8 WD x 1/8 PP) - ANSWERS15/16, 1/16
wether - ANSWERSmale ovine castrated prior to development of secondary sex characteristics
stag - ANSWERSmales castrated after reaching some degree of sexual maturity in cattle, sheep, and hogs
doe - ANSWERSmature, female goat
hot-house lambs - ANSWERSyoungest age classification of lambs on the market
finished - ANSWERSterm describing cattle that have been fattened for harvest
slaughter steers/heifers - ANSWERSprinciple producers of choice beef
milk fed/fed - ANSWERSprinciple producers of choice lamb
market barrow/gilt - ANSWERSprinciple producers of pork
equivalent of previous questions in the poultry industry - ANSWERSbroiler
number of roosters required for hens to produce eggs - ANSWERS0
roughage - ANSWERStype of feedstuff consumed in greatest quantity by sheep
length of an estrous cycle in female sheep - ANSWERS16-17 days
length of gestation (pregnancy) in ewes, rounded to months - ANSWERS5 months
typical weaning age (in days) for lambs born in kentucky - ANSWERS60 days
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