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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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1. What part contains heavy feed and any metal items eaten by the cow?
Mature early
Homogenization
Anthrax
Reticulum
2. Also known as swine fever - contagious viral disease found in swine.
Hog cholera
Vitamin a
Field count
LH
3. The main factor in determining the USDA quality grade which indicates factors including juiciness - tenderness - and flavor
Chromosome
Marbling
Aerobic lagoons
Anaerobic lagoons
4. Are a resting place for dairy cattle. is built such that the cow can come inside the stall and leave at will.
Jersey
Freestalls
Livestock lagoon
Aerobic lagoons
5. The expression of the genes present in an individual.
Freestalls
Phenotype
Vitamin E
Stag
6. In the U.S. what breed is the top # in horses?
Quarter Horses
Distosia
Phenotype
Chromosome
7. Dairy cows have an average life of what
Cecum
Small intestine
3 to 4 years
305
8. What breed of cattle is known for tolerant of heat and produce more pounds of milk per body weight than other breeds?
Distosia
Field count
Jersey
Transgenic
9. what kind of animals would eat forages and roughage
Death rate
Large Intestine
Ruminates
Iron
10. What are the lactation period for dairy cattle
305
Mature early
Rumen
Chromosome
11. A DNA code that directs an organisms characterstics
Distosia
DNA
Large Intestine
Genotype
12. 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.
Two - stage lagoons
Freestalls
Iron
Cecum
13. What has a glandular lining and secrets acids and digestive to break down feed?
Vitamin d
Abomasum
Sleving
Omasum
14. Is growing aquatic plants or animals in a closed environment
Protein
Livestock lagoon
Aquaculture
Oxytosen
15. Is given to increase milk production
Field count
Bovinesematictrophin
Inedible and edible
Hog cholera
16. Measured in percentage of crude protein - helps build muscles - connective tissue - and the nervous system. Made of amino acids
Jersey
Hog cholera
Protein
Colostrum
17. Usually some 20 times longer than the cow itself.
Livestock lagoon
Animal rights
Chromosome
Small intestine
18. Bone development
Reticulum
Ruminates
Vitamin d
Large Intestine
19. A contagious viral disease found in dogs.
Canine distemper
Reticulum
Vitamin E
Feed additives
20. What breed of swine is PSS most commonly found in?
Pietrain
Large Intestine
Chromosome
Colostrum
21. Refers to organsims modified by genetic engineering and containing DNA from external sources.
Transgenic
Two - stage lagoons
Vitamin a
Anthrax
22. Operate with oxygen either mechanically or naturally.
Aerobic lagoons
Bovinesematictrophin
Vitamin E
Inedible and edible
23. What are the 2 classifications of meat
Vitamin E
Sleving
Inedible and edible
Large Intestine
24. Growth rate in cattle reflected by
Yearling rate
Protein
Vitamin E
Cattle
25. What is calving difficulty
Distosia
Ruminates
Pasteurization
Small intestine
26. What hormone induces estrus?
Distosia
Transgenic
LH
Vitamin E
27. Help to improve some facet of animal nutrition
Aquaculture
Feed additives
Copper
Pasteurization
28. Spurs growth - maintenance - and reproduction. it can affect fertility in bulls and cows
Freestalls
Vitamin a
Death rate
Genotype
29. What collects water and other matter from the digestion system?
Canine distemper
Feed
Omasum
Cattle
30. What is the biggest expense for any animal
Homogenization
Feed
Quarter Horses
Two - stage lagoons
31. Helps animals with worms that drain blood.
Distosia
Iron
Jersey
Food and Fiber
32. Is taking samples of grazed pasture and examining a larve - to - grass ratio
305
Field count
Oxytosen
Iron
33. Is a male swine castrated after signs of developing the secondary characteristics of a boar.
Animal rights
Bovinesematictrophin
Stag
Sleving
34. Is rooted in a belief that animals should be humanely treated.
Animal welfare
Bovinesematictrophin
Quarter Horses
Small intestine
35. Use the first lagoon to take in the waste and allows solid and settle.
Pasteurization
Two - stage lagoons
Colostrum
Iron
36. It is inherited matter that is behind growth - development and function of cells
DNA
Chromosome
3 to 4 years
Colostrum
37. 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
Oxytosen
Small intestine
Cattle
Reticulum
38. What is on the left side of a cow and is the largest of the four compartments?
Pietrain
Freestalls
Jersey
Rumen
39. Important in developing the digestive system of calves but is not of great need in the diets of adult beef cattle.
Feed
Vitamin D
Iron
Small intestine
40. Is a process in which the milk is heated in order to destroy organisms that can cause disease
Pasteurization
Inedible and edible
Transgenic
Death rate
41. What disease causes loss in production in dairy cattle
Protein
Mature early
Mastitis
Colostrum
42. 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
Bovinesematictrophin
Vitamin d
Food and Fiber
Copper
43. Smaller cattle and those higher in milking potential usually
Livestock lagoon
Mature early
Cecum
DNA
44. Milk let down is caused by
Mature early
Mastitis
Omasum
Oxytosen
45. Are those biological waste systems that operate without oxygen.
Minerals
Iron
Pietrain
Anaerobic lagoons
46. Retaining liquid acts as a small waste water treatment facility.
Livestock lagoon
Inedible and edible
Yearling rate
LH
47. The process that prevents milk fat from separating from milk products.
Pasteurization
Ruminates
Homogenization
Animal welfare
48. What breed of cattle is known for high butterfat
Jersey
Minerals
Abomasum
Yearling rate
49. Are needed for functions such as bone formation and growth
Minerals
Transgenic
Pietrain
Colostrum
50. Cows with bleached hair has what kind of deficiency
Copper
Homogenization
Omasum
Animal welfare