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Worksheets4H questions 2017-2021
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 14mins
The sudden death of heavily muscled hogs is referred to as:
Porcine Stress Syndrome
Mycoplasmal Pneumonia
Porcine Circivirus
Porcine Cardiac Complex
A swine nutritional health problem caused by lack of iron in the diet
Rickets
Parakeratosis
Anemia
Hypoglycemia
Which vitamin do animals tend to produce enough of so that it does not need to be included as a specific nutrient in their rations?
Vitamin D
Vitamin C
Vitamin A
Vitamin E
The removal of the testicles from a male animal is:
dehorning
castration
vaccination
insemination
Which species of livestock reaches puberty based on the season and not age?
Sheep
Goats
Cattle
Swine
The process of placing sperm in the female reproductive tract by some other means than natural mating is known as:
pregnancy testing
embryo transfer
estrus synchronization
artificial insemination
The first breed of beef cattle imported to the United States in the late 1700's was the:
Brahman
Hereford
Angus
Shorthorn
___ is a measure of the degree of difference between the offspring of a specific bull and the offspring of the average bull of the breed in the trait being measured
EPD
OSB
MPV
SPF
The expected yield of a hog with a USDA quality grade of No. 1 is:
52 to 54.4%
57.4 to 60.3%
60.4% or greater
54.4 to 57.3%
Sheep are a major enterprise in the ____________ area of the United States
southern
western
northern
eastern
What is an infertile female calf born as a twin to a fertile male calf called?
Freemartin
Sex-limited
Markhors
Clone
Fat present in muscle tissue is known as:
condition
tallow
marbling
finish
Heifers most commonly reach puberty at the average age of:
18 months
12 months
7 months
4 months
An animal that has extremely straight hind legs is best described as being:
sound
cow-hocked
post-legged
sickle-hocked
Which fat-soluble vitamin is associated with bone development and calcium absorption?
Vitamin A
Vitamin E
Vitamin K
Vitamin D
Which amino acid listed is first limiting in swine rations?
lysine
glycine
cystine
proline
What do Hampshires, Polands, and Berkshires have in common?
origin
popularity
ear shape
color
How well an animal likes or accepts a feed is referred to as the:
digestibility
composition
palatability
balance
Anthrax is a disease caused by bacteria that may remain in the soil for __ years or longer.
10
20
30
40
Which polled breed of cattle originated from horned cattle due to a genetic mutation?
Red Poll
Polled Hereford
Red Angus
Galloway
Diseases caused by a virus or bacteria are classed as:
physiological
morphological
nutritional
pathogenic
The rate or percentage of animals becoming pregnant.
parturition
breeding soundness
conception rate
hybrid vigor
