Livestock Feed/Feedstuffs

Dried feedstuffs, such as chaff, hay and straw, are known as:

• Forage

• Fodder

• Silage

• Concentrates

The appropriate ration for broilers at 7-9 weeks would be:

• Starter

• Grower

• Finisher

• Layer

How much feed would need to be supplied to a group of 12 pigs, average weight 60 kg, in order for them to increase their average weight to 70 kg? FCR for a 60 Kg pig is 3.0:1

• 160 kg

• 260 kg

• 360 kg

• 460 kg

Feed that is low in digestibility and high in fiber is called what?

• Roughage

• Concentrate

Forage that has been cut and dried until it contains a low level of moisture.

• Pasture

• Silage

• Hay

• Silo

Green, Chopped forage that has been allowed to ferment in the absence of air.

• Hay

• Silage

• Haylage

• Pasture

An airtight storage facility for silage or haylage.

• Silo

• Silage

• Pasture

• Hay

In this grazing system the animals are not allowed to go out into the pasture to graze. Instead, forage is cut and brought to the animals (ruminants) housed in pens or stalls.

• Rotational Grazing

• Zero Grazing

• Strip Grazing

• Deferred Grazing

Low start-up costs is and advantage of which grazing system?

• Zero grazing

• Rotational Grazing

• Continuous grazing

• Strip grazing

Which grazing system is being depicted on the image?

• Strip grazing

• Rotational grazing

• Zero grazing

• Deferred grazing