Livestock Management Practices

Dehorning is the

• Removal of horns

• Genetic breeding of keeping the non pol gene

• Removal of hoofs

• Genetic test for horns

The removal of the testicles from a male animal is

• dehorning

• castration

• vaccination

• insemination

Why are livestock animals dehorned? Check all that apply.

• Reduce damage to carcass from bruising

• Reduce injury to owners/handlers

• Increase injury to animals themselves

• Reduce injury to other animals in herd

Which tool is NOT used for dehorning?

• Barnes Dehorner

• Emasculator

• Keystone Guillotine

• OB Wire

Which male livestock organ is suspended by the spermatic cord?

• Epididymis

• Scrotum

• Testes

• Vas Deferens

Which contains muscles, blood vessels, and nerves for the testes connecting them to the rest of the body?

• Spermatic cord

• Epididymis

• Scrotum

• Vas deferens

Why are male livestock animals castrated? Check all that apply.

• End production of hormones (testosterone)

• Increase aggression

• Prevent mating of poor genetics

• Decrease meat tenderness

• Better tasting meat (especially in hogs)

It best to castrate animals when they are ____________

Which is NOT a bloodless method of castration?

• Burdizzo

• Elastrator Banding

• Surgical

Which is the term for when one or both testes do not descend into the scrotum and remain in the body cavity?

• Castration

• Docking

• Fertilization

• Cryptorchid