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Praxis Animal Science
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praxis
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veterinary
Instructions:
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. A structure that is in the ncleus of cells containing DNA molecules
Aquaculture
Small intestine
Chromosome
Aerobic lagoons
2. What breed of cattle is known for high butterfat
Jersey
Yearling rate
Rumen
Mature early
3. Are more affected by potential toxicity than are sheep
Cattle
Colostrum
Inedible and edible
Canine distemper
4. Is growing aquatic plants or animals in a closed environment
Cattle
3 to 4 years
Aquaculture
Small intestine
5. Smaller cattle and those higher in milking potential usually
Iron
Mature early
Animal welfare
Fecal counts
6. Dairy cows have an average life of what
Aerobic lagoons
LH
Mature early
3 to 4 years
7. Usually some 20 times longer than the cow itself.
Transgenic
Protein
Small intestine
Feed
8. An acute infectious disease that comes from bacterium.
Anthrax
Phenotype
Oxytosen
Certain parasites
9. What part contains heavy feed and any metal items eaten by the cow?
Colostrum
Pietrain
Freestalls
Reticulum
10. What is the biggest expense for any animal
Animal welfare
3 to 4 years
Small intestine
Feed
11. 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
Vitamin E
Feed
Chromosome
Reticulum
12. A DNA code that directs an organisms characterstics
Animal rights
Abomasum
Genotype
Vitamin D
13. Is given to increase milk production
Vitamin d
Bovinesematictrophin
Reticulum
Phenotype
14. Milk let down is caused by
Oxytosen
Death rate
Quarter Horses
Small intestine
15. Are used to identify parasites that maybe in animals and to count the parasites found in stool by the grain.
Cattle
Pietrain
Vitamin E
Fecal counts
16. It is inherited matter that is behind growth - development and function of cells
Marbling
DNA
Vitamin E
Rumen
17. The expression of the genes present in an individual.
305
Stag
Copper
Phenotype
18. Is taking samples of grazed pasture and examining a larve - to - grass ratio
Jersey
Minerals
Colostrum
Field count
19. What collects water and other matter from the digestion system?
Small intestine
Cattle
Phenotype
Omasum
20. What does mortality loss mean
Anthrax
Vitamin d
Death rate
Mature early
21. What are the 2 classifications of meat
Inedible and edible
Vitamin a
Protein
Jersey
22. Retaining liquid acts as a small waste water treatment facility.
Anaerobic lagoons
Livestock lagoon
Homogenization
Bovinesematictrophin
23. Measured in percentage of crude protein - helps build muscles - connective tissue - and the nervous system. Made of amino acids
Protein
Reticulum
Homogenization
Phenotype
24. What breed of swine is PSS most commonly found in?
Sleving
Genotype
Pietrain
Phenotype
25. Help to improve some facet of animal nutrition
Hog cholera
Feed additives
Freestalls
Anaerobic lagoons
26. Located at the intersection of the large and small intestine. it is a large area in which fiber that has not been digested it broken down.
Anaerobic lagoons
Cecum
Pasteurization
Certain parasites
27. Are a resting place for dairy cattle. is built such that the cow can come inside the stall and leave at will.
Iron
305
Freestalls
Animal rights
28. Use the first lagoon to take in the waste and allows solid and settle.
Two - stage lagoons
Animal rights
Canine distemper
Pietrain
29. Helps animals with worms that drain blood.
Large Intestine
Reticulum
Rumen
Iron
30. Bone development
Homogenization
Hog cholera
Distosia
Vitamin d
31. what is creamy and 1st milk for young
Pasteurization
Reticulum
Vitamin d
Colostrum
32. What is calving difficulty
Vitamin E
Quarter Horses
Distosia
Pasteurization
33. The main factor in determining the USDA quality grade which indicates factors including juiciness - tenderness - and flavor
DNA
Pietrain
Chromosome
Marbling
34. What disease causes loss in production in dairy cattle
Mature early
Iron
Mastitis
Reticulum
35. Is the end of the tract for undigested foods.
3 to 4 years
Certain parasites
Large Intestine
Jersey
36. Spurs growth - maintenance - and reproduction. it can affect fertility in bulls and cows
Vitamin a
Protein
Inedible and edible
Food and Fiber
37. The process that prevents milk fat from separating from milk products.
Vitamin E
Homogenization
Cattle
Reticulum
38. To develop muscle
Vitamin E
Cattle
Colostrum
Copper
39. At what age an animal is weaned also plays a part in resisting_______-.
Freestalls
Bovinesematictrophin
Distosia
Certain parasites
40. What hormone induces estrus?
Vitamin d
Death rate
LH
Pietrain
41. Cows with bleached hair has what kind of deficiency
Copper
Distosia
Fecal counts
LH
42. What breed of cattle is known for tolerant of heat and produce more pounds of milk per body weight than other breeds?
LH
Copper
Homogenization
Jersey
43. Is a process in which the milk is heated in order to destroy organisms that can cause disease
Pasteurization
Vitamin E
Oxytosen
Marbling
44. Refers to organsims modified by genetic engineering and containing DNA from external sources.
DNA
Transgenic
Phenotype
Anthrax
45. A procedure in which particle sizes are sorted by forcing the particles through pores or openings
Anaerobic lagoons
Colostrum
Sleving
Large Intestine
46. Are needed for functions such as bone formation and growth
Minerals
LH
Fecal counts
3 to 4 years
47. Important in developing the digestive system of calves but is not of great need in the diets of adult beef cattle.
Reticulum
Jersey
Aquaculture
Vitamin D
48. Operate with oxygen either mechanically or naturally.
Feed
Hog cholera
Aerobic lagoons
Two - stage lagoons
49. Is a male swine castrated after signs of developing the secondary characteristics of a boar.
Pasteurization
Marbling
305
Stag
50. What are the lactation period for dairy cattle
Inedible and edible
Freestalls
Rumen
305