Animal Science Review Chapter 1 (Ans Sc 2-4)

Modern cattle are descendants of what type?

• Bos taurus

• Bos indicus

• Aurochs

• Bos taurus and Bos indicus

The mating of animals from different breeds

• Selection

• Crossbreeding

• InBreeding

• Breeding

Using a Breed for specific traits that are considered by the breeder to be desirable

• Selection

• Crossbreeding

• Breeding

• InBreeding

Who brought cattle to the United States?

• Portuguese 1553

• Ponce de Leon

• Christopher Columbus 1493

• Early Pioneers 1850

The first use of swine for food came from what period?

• Spanish

• English

• Chinese

• Neolithic Age

Who brought Swine to the New World?

• Columbus

• Hernando Desoto

• English

• Chinese

Sheep were among the 1st animals to be tamed by the human race, What age period was this?

• Asia

• Europe

• Babylonian Age

• Neolithic Age

Who brought Sheep to the New World?

• Asia

• Europe

• Columbus

• De Soto Cortez

Goats were among the 1st animals to be tamed by the human race, What age period was this?

• Asia

• Europe

• Babylonian Age

• Neolithic Age

Angora goats have increased in the US for what use?

• milk

• meat

• mohair