JTTU ANSC 1401 LAB FINAL
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
What is the term for an animal's "bubble" which handlers use to move livestock? - flight zone
How do horses digest higher fiber feed stuffs - post-gastric fermentation
What would cause cattle to baulk "stop" when moving through a handling facility? - shadows, outside
movement, loud noises, etc.
Amongst the livestock species we discussed, where are the blind spots where they cannot see? - directly
behind
When handling cattle it is important to have the right attitude. Which of the following would be an
appropriate state of mind to handle cattle? - calm
Which type of head gate was used during the lab in the back of the arena? - manual catch
What is the proper site to give injections to cattle? - subcutaneous
Which method of castration is used at the Texas Tech Research Farms Beef Center? - banding
Why is the neck the common site for injections? - So that we do not inject medications into a cut meant
for consumption
How do cattle digest higher fiber feed stuffs. - pre-gastric fermentation
True or False: the cecum is larger and more complex in omnivores compared to carnivores. - True
, What type of animals (ruminant/ non ruminant) Possess a population of microbial bacteria in their GI
tract in order to aid in the fermentation of cellulose? - ruminant
What type of GI tract anatomy do horses have? - mono-gastric/simple stomach
What type of GI tract anatomy do cattle have? - ruminant/complex stomach
What type of GI tract anatomy do pigs have? - monogastric/simple stomach
What type of GI tract anatomy do dogs have? - monogastric/simple stomach
What are the 3 types of digestion? - 1) mechanical
2) chemical
3) microbial
True or False: Reducing particle size via mastication allows for greater digestion by way of digestive
enzymes. - True
What kind of animals (ruminant/ non ruminant) Contains a true stomach. - Both (ruminant = abomasum)
What type of animal (ruminant/ non ruminant) Would eat a diet consisting strictly of meat? - non
ruminant/carnivore
Possesses a pre-gastric (in front of the true stomach) fermentation vat (ruminant/ non ruminant)? -
ruminant
What makes up the shell of the egg? - calcium carbonate (CaCO3) crystals
What occurs in the magnum of the chicken? - The yolk is covered in albumin, and the chalaza are formed
by rotating through the Magnum
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
What is the term for an animal's "bubble" which handlers use to move livestock? - flight zone
How do horses digest higher fiber feed stuffs - post-gastric fermentation
What would cause cattle to baulk "stop" when moving through a handling facility? - shadows, outside
movement, loud noises, etc.
Amongst the livestock species we discussed, where are the blind spots where they cannot see? - directly
behind
When handling cattle it is important to have the right attitude. Which of the following would be an
appropriate state of mind to handle cattle? - calm
Which type of head gate was used during the lab in the back of the arena? - manual catch
What is the proper site to give injections to cattle? - subcutaneous
Which method of castration is used at the Texas Tech Research Farms Beef Center? - banding
Why is the neck the common site for injections? - So that we do not inject medications into a cut meant
for consumption
How do cattle digest higher fiber feed stuffs. - pre-gastric fermentation
True or False: the cecum is larger and more complex in omnivores compared to carnivores. - True
, What type of animals (ruminant/ non ruminant) Possess a population of microbial bacteria in their GI
tract in order to aid in the fermentation of cellulose? - ruminant
What type of GI tract anatomy do horses have? - mono-gastric/simple stomach
What type of GI tract anatomy do cattle have? - ruminant/complex stomach
What type of GI tract anatomy do pigs have? - monogastric/simple stomach
What type of GI tract anatomy do dogs have? - monogastric/simple stomach
What are the 3 types of digestion? - 1) mechanical
2) chemical
3) microbial
True or False: Reducing particle size via mastication allows for greater digestion by way of digestive
enzymes. - True
What kind of animals (ruminant/ non ruminant) Contains a true stomach. - Both (ruminant = abomasum)
What type of animal (ruminant/ non ruminant) Would eat a diet consisting strictly of meat? - non
ruminant/carnivore
Possesses a pre-gastric (in front of the true stomach) fermentation vat (ruminant/ non ruminant)? -
ruminant
What makes up the shell of the egg? - calcium carbonate (CaCO3) crystals
What occurs in the magnum of the chicken? - The yolk is covered in albumin, and the chalaza are formed
by rotating through the Magnum
