Beef Cattle Management: Nutrition and Health

_________________ are a mixture of feedstuffs which provide a balanced diet needed for optimum growth of an animal.

• grains

• hay

• mineral

• Ratioins

Cattle have a four compartment stomach meaning they are ruminants.

• True

• False

What following nutrients are required of cattle? (more than one answer)

• vitamins

• carbohydrates

• hay

• water

Cattle on pasture should be provided with a

• squeeze chute

• mineral supplement

• water supplement

• alley way

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Proper nutrition and management is the most important aspect of all beef production.

• true

• false

Nutrition relates to 60% - 70% of all production costs.

• true

• false

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___________ cattle will spend most of their life grazing on pasture.

• breeding

• feeder

• feedlot

• finishing

Pasture crops include...(more than one answer)

• grain

• hay

• legumes

• grasses

Sometimes pasture is not enough so the cattle are supplemented with....(more than one answer)

• flowers

• hay

• feed ration

• water

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Feeder or slaughter cattle...

• spend most of their time on pasture

• never see a pasture

• spend part of the time on pasture

• spend all their time on pasture