AgApps - Unit 4 Animal Science

A breed of cattle with black and white markings is:

• Yorkshire.

• Hampshire.

• Holstein.

• Dorset.

Holsteins are black and white cattle that are best known as:

• a small breed of beef cattle.

• an exotic breed of heat tolerant cattle.

• the major dairy breed of cattle in America.

• the most used show cattle in America.

The Angus is best known for its:

• black color and high quality meat.

• hump and heat tolerance.

• large calves and fast growth rate.

• large size and leaner meat.

A breed of cattle that is red with a white face and raised primarily for beef production is:

• Angus.

• Brahman.

• Hereford.

• Charolais.

What was the major reason exotic breeds of cattle were imported into the United States?

• Consumers demanded leaner meat.

• Disease wiped out the English breeds.

• Producers wanted smaller calves.

• To produce quality meat from dairy breeds

An economic advantage for using exotic breeds of beef cattle is their:

• fast growing calves.

• lightweight calves.

• large size calves.

• production of twin calves.

American breeds developed by crossing the Braham from India with English breeds are bred to:

• improve meat quality.

• increase heat tolerance.

• increase milk production.

• reduce the size of calves.

The best way to improve hybrid vigor in swine production is to cross:

• brothers and sisters in the same litter.

• pigs from the litter with their parents.

• purebred boars to purebred sows.

• purebred boars to crossbred sows.

Purebred breeders use high-quality boars as a major way to:

• decrease the influence of marketing on prices.

• improve genetic makeup of one breed of swine.

• increase body fat on hogs.

• reduce hybrid vigor.

Broilers are a type of chicken that are most often used for:

• fighting.

• laying eggs.

• meat production.

• show.