Animal Evaluation

As determined by candling, the USDA quality grade for an egg with a clean and unbroken shell, clear and firm white yolk, free of defects and air cell1/8 inch or less is?

• AA

• A

• B

• leaker

a four-pound ready-to-cook broiler that has all skin removed, all bones broken, and both wings and tail missing would be Grade:

• AA

• A

• B

• C

If laying hen one has pigment in the vent, hen two in the rear of the shanks, hen three in the front of the shanks, and hen four on the tops of the toes, which hen has been laying the longest?

• One

• Two

• Three

• Four

Compared to purebred breeders, commercial livestock producers place more emphasis on

• breed character

• color

• pedigree

• performance records

Raising hogs in confinement, on concrete, has increased the importance of:

• breed characger

• grazing ability

• loin eye area

• structural soundness

WHen laying hens are evaluated, the relationship of pigment to egg laying is:

• less pigment, less eggs

• less pigment, more eggs

• more pigment, more eggs

• no relationship

Beef cattle characteristics such as body structure, muscing, frame size, and breed character are evaluated by:

• pedigree

• performance

• visual appraisal

• weight per day of age

If a hen;s abdomen is soft and pliable and the vent is moist, bleached, and enlarged, the hen is:

• about ready to start laying eggs

• currently laying eggs

• not currently laying eggs

• unable to lay eggs

Which selection category do breeders of purebred livestock emphasize the most ?

• backfat

• pedigree

• performance

• visual characteristics

As Cheyenne evaluates a group of breeding gilts, she notices an animal with a hock joing tha tis excessively straight. What conformation fault does this animal display?

• post-legged

• sickle-hocked

• buck-kneed

• cow-hocked