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Principles of Animal Science
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Agriculture
Undergraduate 1
12/15/2009

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Today animals are processed near centers of production while in teh past they were processed near center of population
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True
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As animals get older the amount of connective tissure decreases
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False
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The pig is very similar to man and can be used as a biomedical research model
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True
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The major states of swine production are in the Midwest, such as Iowa, due to large grain supplies
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True
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The type of pig produced has changed greatly as the demand for fat or lard had decreased
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True
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During gestation sows are limit fed
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True
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A common way to identify pigs is by hot branding
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False
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A majority of pigs raised are crossbreds vs. purebreds
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True
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Ovulation occurs 15min-2hrs after oviposition in the hen
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True
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Sperm cells can live in the female tract of a mammal much longer than in the avian tract
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False
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The incubation time for a turkey is 28 days
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True
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Genetics of the hen determine if the egg shell is white or brown
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True
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The average U.S. consumer eats about what one hen would produce a year
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True
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Turkey consumption is more seasonal today than 25yrs ago
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False
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Male chicks are destroyed shortly after hatching in layer operations
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True
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Dairy cows numbers have decreased in Kansas in the past 20yrs
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False
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Adrenaline causes milk to be released from the alveoli
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False
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Cows that are milked 3 times per day will generally give more milk than those that are milked 2 times per day
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True
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The major component in milk is water
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True
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Total milk comsumption has increased while fluid milk consumption had decreased
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True
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Cows that give large amounts of milk usually give milk with a lower % butterfat than cows that give small amounts
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True
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The initiation of lactation is parturition
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True
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Today American concumers are less concerned about animal welfare than 50yrs ago
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False
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Cock fighting would be considered as animal exploitation
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True
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Genetics from Continental breeds make ip morst cowherds in the Northern and central U.S.
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False
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In a well managed beef operation cows should have 1 calf every year
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True
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Increased calf birth weight causes a decrease in dystocia
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False
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Colostrum is high in fat, protein and antibodies
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True
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Morbidity is the number of animals that die while mortality is the number that get sick
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False
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Antibiotics have limited effect on killing viruses
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True
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Bacterins provide a longer term of protection than modified live vaccines
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False
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The feedlot industry in Kansas is mainly located in the SW potion of the state
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True
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The beef, swine and dairy check offs cannot be used for political lobbying
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True
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The amount of muscle in an animal is dependent on?
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Genetics, Sex, Hormones, and Nutrition
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Red meats include what?
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Beef, Pork, Lamb, and Goat
Term
The breaking down of carcasses into smaller wholesale or retail cuts is
Definition
Fabrication
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A system to detect and solve food safetty problems is?
Definition
HACCP
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The fat depot in meat that is desirable is?
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Intramuscular
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What is a characteristic of the poultry industry?
Definition
Few producers, Low land requirement, Low profit per bird, and High volume
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When one company owns more than one phase of production it is called a what?
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Vertical integration
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A male castrate pig would be called a?
Definition
Barrow
Term
A black and white dairy breed of cattle is called?
Definition
Holstein
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Milk producing centers in the dairy cow are called what?
Definition
Alveoli
Term
The processing of milk to disperse and make fat globules uniform is?
Definition
Homogenization
Term
If given a choice, the preferred method to administer pharmaceuticals is?
Definition
Subcutaneous
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Ingestion of what would create passive immunity?
Definition
Colostrum
Term
A male castrate beef animal is called what?
Definition
Steer
Term
Infectious diseases spread to other animals via what?
Definition
Respiratory teact, Insect bites, Digestive tract, and Contaminated intruments
Term
Diseases that spread from animals to humans would be called what?
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Zoonotic
Term
The gestation length of the cow is what?
Definition
283 days
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