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ANSC 1401 Exam 2 (Crossland) Latest Update Graded A+ Genus Bos Species Taurus or indicus Beef Cattle Industry Largest single money-generating commodity in all of U.S. agriculture - $68 billion Beef accounts for ____ of animal agriculture's share of total farm cash receipts 39% The U.S. has about ___ of the world's cattle, but we produce nearly ___ of the world's beef and veal. 6%, 18% Purposes of U.S. Beef Cattle Make use of natural resources indigestible by humans (gra...

ANSC 1401 BEEF CATTLE LATEST UPDATE 100% CORRECT beef the meat from cattle other than veal and calves veal the meat from veal calves calf the meat from calves bull a sexually mature, unmastered, bovine male cow a sexually mature, bovine female first calf a term commonly used to indicate the first calf born to bovine females (most are at risk) freemartin a sterile heifer born twin to a bull calf (rare); about 90% will not conceive heifer a young female bovine before t...

what is the inventory of cattle in NC? - Answer-830,000 Describe the NC cattle industry - Answer-small but strong what are the segments of the beef cattle industry? - Answer--cow/calf (seedstock) -stocker -feedlot -packer (purveyor) -retailer (imports) -consumer (exports) what are the two largest beef industry segments? - Answer-cow/calf (seedstock) and consumer (exports) what are the two smallest industry segments? - Answer-feedlot and packer (purveyor) where is the beef belt located?...

the average cow herd in the U.S is..........head : 41 plus or minus 7 depending on whether replacement heifers are kept most .......are in the feedyard and most.........are in the pasture : steers, cows the majority of the herds in the U.S. are in what range? : 100-499 head what websites tell you the head count in the U.S.? : LMIC, cattlefax, USDA, and Nass how often does the USDA do the head count? : 2* per year 2 are ranchers required by law to fill out a census given out by NASS? ...

beef - the meat from cattle other than veal and calves veal - the meat from veal calves calf - the meat from calves bull - a sexually mature, unmastered, bovine male cow - a sexually mature, bovine female first calf - a term commonly used to indicate the first calf born to bovine females (most are at risk) freemartin - a sterile heifer born twin to a bull calf (rare); about 90% will not conceive heifer - a young female bovine before the time that she has produced her first calf heiferett...

what is the inventory of cattle in NC? - 830,000 Describe the NC cattle industry - small but strong what are the segments of the beef cattle industry? - -cow/calf (seedstock) -stocker -feedlot -packer (purveyor) -retailer (imports) -consumer (exports) what are the two largest beef industry segments? - cow/calf (seedstock) and consumer (exports)

When was BQA implemented? - in 1982 by producers, USDA & FSIS Purpose of BQA - to avoid violative drug residues -currently, other factors exist that influence overall beef quality Principles of BQA were developed by who? Why? - -developed by Pillsbury *for quality control of food being supplied to NASA:* -hazard analysis & critical control point National BQA guidelines developed by: - The American Association of Bovine practitioners & state cattlemen's groups. Beef Quality Assurance gui...

Cross Breeding - the mating of individuals with different breed make-up -widely used in commercial beef production systems -improvements in production efficiency can be dramatic -does not eliminate the need for purebreds Heterosis - the average superiority of a crossbred individual over the average of breeds involved n the cross -arises from combining genes from different breeds so inferior recessive genes are concealed -offspring may be better than either paternal breed or better than av...