Livestock CDE Q 26-50

According to USDA, the greatest expense in the production of livestock is:

• contract and hired labor
• livestock purchased
• feed purchased
• fuel and electricity

One common characteristic between Yorkshire, Landrace, and Chester Whites is:

• terminal qualities
• color
• maternal qualities
• ear shape

The class of sheep that are evaluated more on the quality of their fleece than other sheep are known as:

• Long-wool breeds
• medium-wool breeds
• fine-wool breeds
• mutton breeds

Which trait has the highest heritability estimate in cattle?

• post weaning rate of gain
• number of young weaned
• weaning weight
• fertility

Which of the following breeds of swine is best on performance of litter size?

• Poland 
• Berkshrie
• Landrace
• Duroc

Which of the following breeds of cattle is NOT primarily white to gray in color?

• White Park
• Charolais
• Limousin
• Chianina

Bacterial disease that affects both sheep and goats when the animal has a wound. Symptoms include stiffness, rigid jaw, and inability to eat. 

• Blue Tongue
• Tetanus
• Enterotoxemia
• Vibriosis

Swine dysentery is also known as:

• Bloody scours
• White scours
• Clostridial diarrhea
• Vibrionic scours

Archeology has found evidence that sheep have been domesticated for ____ years.

• 2000
• 1000
• 6000
• 250

Which disease affects the turbinate bones in swine?

• Leptospirosis
• Atropic Rhinitis
• Actinobacillus Pleuropneumoniae
• Eperythrozoonosis