Beef Industry Test

Cattle are known as which of the following?

• porcine
• equine
• bovine
• feline

Mature female bovine is a ____________.

• heifer
• bull
• cow
• steer

A newborn bovine is called a what?

• heifer
• calf
• steer
• bull

What process makes a bull into a steer?

• Becoming a father
• Castration
• Dehorning
• Tail docking

What is the gestation period of a beef cow?

• 3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days
• 9 months
• 11 months
• 6 months 6 weeks 6 days

An animal born without horns is known as being what?

• De-horned
• castrated
• polled
• a steer

Dairy cattle can be sold for meat.

• True
• False

What do we call a bovine that NATURALLY does not have horns?

• Polled
• Hornless
• Scurred
• Scabbed

Which of these is not a dairy product?

• Butter
• Cream
• Margarine 
• powdered Milk

breed?

• Angus
• Hereford
• Charolais
• Santa Gertrudis