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Praxis Animal Science
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praxis
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veterinary
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What does mortality loss mean
Death rate
Phenotype
Omasum
Feed additives
2. Use the first lagoon to take in the waste and allows solid and settle.
Transgenic
Two - stage lagoons
Jersey
Anaerobic lagoons
3. Refers to the belief of those that animlas should not be used in any explotive nature.
Animal rights
Reticulum
Protein
Homogenization
4. Dairy cows have an average life of what
Cecum
Two - stage lagoons
Rumen
3 to 4 years
5. At what age an animal is weaned also plays a part in resisting_______-.
Aquaculture
Animal rights
Certain parasites
Inedible and edible
6. What are the lactation period for dairy cattle
Anthrax
Field count
305
Cecum
7. Cows with bleached hair has what kind of deficiency
Anthrax
LH
Vitamin E
Copper
8. The expression of the genes present in an individual.
Phenotype
Anthrax
Jersey
Two - stage lagoons
9. Is a process in which the milk is heated in order to destroy organisms that can cause disease
DNA
Colostrum
Pasteurization
LH
10. Also known as swine fever - contagious viral disease found in swine.
Large Intestine
Field count
Hog cholera
Cattle
11. Is a male swine castrated after signs of developing the secondary characteristics of a boar.
Stag
Anaerobic lagoons
Mastitis
Ruminates
12. The process that prevents milk fat from separating from milk products.
Field count
Aquaculture
Certain parasites
Homogenization
13. Is given to increase milk production
Oxytosen
Aerobic lagoons
Bovinesematictrophin
Aquaculture
14. What are the 2 classifications of meat
Protein
Canine distemper
Inedible and edible
Small intestine
15. What breed of cattle is known for tolerant of heat and produce more pounds of milk per body weight than other breeds?
LH
Jersey
Fecal counts
Anthrax
16. Usually some 20 times longer than the cow itself.
Anthrax
Jersey
Rumen
Small intestine
17. Is the end of the tract for undigested foods.
Transgenic
Sleving
Large Intestine
Reticulum
18. Refers to all economic activity that is related to the processing - production - and marketing of agriculture products from the source of the product to the consumer
3 to 4 years
Freestalls
Food and Fiber
Genotype
19. What breed of cattle is known for high butterfat
Distosia
Canine distemper
Jersey
Anthrax
20. Milk let down is caused by
Field count
Vitamin D
Two - stage lagoons
Oxytosen
21. What breed of swine is PSS most commonly found in?
Livestock lagoon
Reticulum
Pietrain
Reticulum
22. what kind of animals would eat forages and roughage
Ruminates
LH
Copper
Freestalls
23. Help to improve some facet of animal nutrition
Feed additives
Jersey
Quarter Horses
Stag
24. Growth rate in cattle reflected by
Feed
DNA
Yearling rate
Homogenization
25. What part of the cow digestive system is in the forward area of the cow's body and resembles a pouch with honeycomb like tissue
LH
Field count
Reticulum
Mastitis
26. Spurs growth - maintenance - and reproduction. it can affect fertility in bulls and cows
Aquaculture
Chromosome
Death rate
Vitamin a
27. The main factor in determining the USDA quality grade which indicates factors including juiciness - tenderness - and flavor
Stag
Marbling
Colostrum
Freestalls
28. Is taking samples of grazed pasture and examining a larve - to - grass ratio
305
Colostrum
Certain parasites
Field count
29. What collects water and other matter from the digestion system?
Aerobic lagoons
Omasum
Animal rights
Cecum
30. Refers to organsims modified by genetic engineering and containing DNA from external sources.
305
Pasteurization
Livestock lagoon
Transgenic
31. What hormone induces estrus?
LH
Transgenic
Ruminates
Livestock lagoon
32. Helps animals with worms that drain blood.
Iron
Marbling
Pasteurization
Two - stage lagoons
33. what is creamy and 1st milk for young
Colostrum
Omasum
Jersey
Marbling
34. A structure that is in the ncleus of cells containing DNA molecules
Abomasum
Food and Fiber
Chromosome
Mastitis
35. What has a glandular lining and secrets acids and digestive to break down feed?
Colostrum
Quarter Horses
Abomasum
Death rate
36. To develop muscle
Vitamin E
Field count
Genotype
Reticulum
37. Are a resting place for dairy cattle. is built such that the cow can come inside the stall and leave at will.
Inedible and edible
Vitamin D
Freestalls
Large Intestine
38. Operate with oxygen either mechanically or naturally.
Food and Fiber
Aerobic lagoons
Phenotype
Death rate
39. Retaining liquid acts as a small waste water treatment facility.
Protein
Omasum
Certain parasites
Livestock lagoon
40. In the U.S. what breed is the top # in horses?
Quarter Horses
Feed
3 to 4 years
Ruminates
41. What is on the left side of a cow and is the largest of the four compartments?
Homogenization
Rumen
Vitamin D
Field count
42. Smaller cattle and those higher in milking potential usually
Field count
Mature early
Quarter Horses
Sleving
43. What is calving difficulty
Reticulum
Distosia
Sleving
Marbling
44. Are those biological waste systems that operate without oxygen.
Genotype
Anaerobic lagoons
Mature early
Bovinesematictrophin
45. It is inherited matter that is behind growth - development and function of cells
DNA
Jersey
Fecal counts
Copper
46. Important in developing the digestive system of calves but is not of great need in the diets of adult beef cattle.
Field count
Large Intestine
Vitamin D
Mature early
47. Are more affected by potential toxicity than are sheep
Cattle
Inedible and edible
Fecal counts
Food and Fiber
48. Bone development
Vitamin d
Canine distemper
Feed
Feed additives
49. Measured in percentage of crude protein - helps build muscles - connective tissue - and the nervous system. Made of amino acids
Distosia
Genotype
Protein
Vitamin a
50. Is growing aquatic plants or animals in a closed environment
Minerals
Aquaculture
Animal rights
DNA