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Animal Science
Animal Science 1st set
Question | Answer |
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When selecting sheep for breeding, what is indicated by paleness in the lining of the nose and eyelids | Poor health |
What is the minimum breeding age for boars | 7 1/2 months of age |
What is the minimum breeding age for sows | 5-6 months of age |
What uterine problem leads to loss of appetite, fever, abnormal discharge from the vulva, a drop in milk production, or even raid death and can affect dairy cows within 1 to 10 days after calving | Milk Fever |
What method of breeding occurs when a breeder uses an inseminating tube to deposit sperm into the cervix and uterus of a cow | Artificial Insemination |
What is the purpose of synchronization of estrus within a cow-calf herd | To have all the cows in the herd calves within a short period of time |
What is outcrossing | The mating of two animals from different breeds |
What should a dairy calf be checked for as soon as its born | Be sure it can breathe adequately |
What species does not show visible signs of estrus | Sheep |
How can brucellosis be prevented in beef cattle in an area where it is known to be a problem | Female calves be vaccinated at an early age |
How are snuffles in rabbits treated | Antibiotics |
When administering an injection to livestock, Why is it recommended that the area around the injection site be slipped or shaved | To prevent the introduction of germs into the body |
How should containers of biomedical waste be labeled | With the international biological hazard symbol |
What tool can be used to administer de-wormer or minerals to livestock by squirting the liquid between the cheek and teeth so that the animals swallow it without the risk of liquid entering the lungs | Drench Gun |
Where should subcutaneous injections be given | under the skin |
After filling a syringe for administering an injectable medication, why is it necessary to point the syringe upward and tap the barrel of the syringe | to remove air from the syringe |
What is a valuable method for deterring a bulls fitness for breeding | Measuring the circumference of the scrotum |
What condition might be affecting a foal with the following symptoms: poor appetite, periodic lameness, not growing well, and developing a pot belly | Internal Parasites |
When a veterinarian is working with a group of rabbits, why should treatment and caring for sick animals only be done after completing work with the healthy animals | To prevent spreading disease or infection from sick to healthy rabbits |
What bacterical disease in swine causes abortion early in the gestation period, and is spread mainly from infected boards or fetuses | Brucellosis |
What is the type of vaccine that uses dead bacteria or viruses and administered to generate an immune response | Killed Vaccines |
How are most anesthetic drugs administered in order to allow a quick response to the medication | Intravenous injections |
When giving an intramuscular injection, why is it necessary to pull back on the syringe plunger before injecting the drug into the muscle tissue | To be sure the syringe is in the muscle instead of the vein |
What is the use if a frame score in the selection of beef animals | To estimate the degree of conformation of animal |
Why is underline important to evaluate in boards marketed for breeding | good underline indicated that his progeny will have good muscling |
When selecting breeding sheep, what teeth characteristics would indicate that an ewe is approximately one year old | Two center incisors have been replaced by two broad large permanent teeth |
Why is it necessary to handle sheep to determine conformation and muscling that is present | The wool hides some of these traits from visual inspection |
Grades of slaughter barrows and gilts are based on carcass quality and yield of what four lean cuts | Ham, loin picnic, shoulder, and boston butt |
What is the results of vertical integration within the poultry industry | Large more efficient operation in poultry industry |
When exhibiting goats in a livestock show, what lead equipment should be used | Collar or small link chain |