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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. Is rooted in a belief that animals should be humanely treated.
Jersey
Animal welfare
Aquaculture
Oxytosen
2. Bone development
Vitamin d
Yearling rate
Genotype
Jersey
3. Helps animals with worms that drain blood.
Oxytosen
Iron
305
Canine distemper
4. The expression of the genes present in an individual.
Phenotype
Jersey
Copper
Two - stage lagoons
5. Also known as swine fever - contagious viral disease found in swine.
Vitamin E
Anthrax
Hog cholera
Stag
6. Growth rate in cattle reflected by
LH
Hog cholera
Yearling rate
3 to 4 years
7. Operate with oxygen either mechanically or naturally.
Aerobic lagoons
Two - stage lagoons
Reticulum
3 to 4 years
8. Are those biological waste systems that operate without oxygen.
Large Intestine
Anaerobic lagoons
Cecum
Freestalls
9. What has a glandular lining and secrets acids and digestive to break down feed?
Minerals
Abomasum
Aquaculture
Stag
10. At what age an animal is weaned also plays a part in resisting_______-.
Certain parasites
Quarter Horses
Anaerobic lagoons
Small intestine
11. To develop muscle
Ruminates
Cattle
Vitamin E
Bovinesematictrophin
12. what is creamy and 1st milk for young
Rumen
Colostrum
Inedible and edible
Animal rights
13. Use the first lagoon to take in the waste and allows solid and settle.
Death rate
Two - stage lagoons
Oxytosen
Phenotype
14. What hormone induces estrus?
Fecal counts
Copper
Mature early
LH
15. Are more affected by potential toxicity than are sheep
Pietrain
Fecal counts
Animal welfare
Cattle
16. Are used to identify parasites that maybe in animals and to count the parasites found in stool by the grain.
Minerals
Mastitis
Fecal counts
Abomasum
17. What are the lactation period for dairy cattle
Chromosome
305
Cattle
Mastitis
18. Is the end of the tract for undigested foods.
Large Intestine
Iron
Field count
305
19. What does mortality loss mean
Rumen
LH
Yearling rate
Death rate
20. 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
Reticulum
Canine distemper
Inedible and edible
Copper
21. A contagious viral disease found in dogs.
Anaerobic lagoons
Minerals
Livestock lagoon
Canine distemper
22. what kind of animals would eat forages and roughage
Reticulum
Large Intestine
Vitamin a
Ruminates
23. Cows with bleached hair has what kind of deficiency
Certain parasites
Genotype
Copper
Jersey
24. An acute infectious disease that comes from bacterium.
Freestalls
Minerals
Anthrax
Bovinesematictrophin
25. Refers to the belief of those that animlas should not be used in any explotive nature.
Cattle
Fecal counts
Genotype
Animal rights
26. A procedure in which particle sizes are sorted by forcing the particles through pores or openings
Cattle
Sleving
Rumen
Food and Fiber
27. The process that prevents milk fat from separating from milk products.
Homogenization
Anaerobic lagoons
Large Intestine
Mastitis
28. What part contains heavy feed and any metal items eaten by the cow?
Reticulum
Distosia
Yearling rate
Small intestine
29. Spurs growth - maintenance - and reproduction. it can affect fertility in bulls and cows
305
Vitamin a
Small intestine
Mastitis
30. Refers to organsims modified by genetic engineering and containing DNA from external sources.
Animal welfare
Transgenic
Reticulum
Large Intestine
31. It is inherited matter that is behind growth - development and function of cells
Ruminates
Fecal counts
DNA
Livestock lagoon
32. What is calving difficulty
Distosia
Anaerobic lagoons
Sleving
Abomasum
33. Help to improve some facet of animal nutrition
Pietrain
Cecum
Food and Fiber
Feed additives
34. A structure that is in the ncleus of cells containing DNA molecules
Chromosome
Two - stage lagoons
Yearling rate
Sleving
35. What breed of swine is PSS most commonly found in?
Transgenic
Protein
Pietrain
Animal rights
36. Are needed for functions such as bone formation and growth
LH
Reticulum
Chromosome
Minerals
37. What breed of cattle is known for high butterfat
Cattle
Jersey
Mastitis
Bovinesematictrophin
38. What disease causes loss in production in dairy cattle
Aquaculture
Transgenic
Inedible and edible
Mastitis
39. Is given to increase milk production
Bovinesematictrophin
Feed additives
Ruminates
Homogenization
40. The main factor in determining the USDA quality grade which indicates factors including juiciness - tenderness - and flavor
Quarter Horses
Marbling
Protein
LH
41. 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.
Cecum
Livestock lagoon
Feed additives
Food and Fiber
42. Milk let down is caused by
Certain parasites
Oxytosen
Yearling rate
Cattle
43. Measured in percentage of crude protein - helps build muscles - connective tissue - and the nervous system. Made of amino acids
Minerals
Mature early
Protein
Homogenization
44. 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
Aerobic lagoons
Reticulum
Chromosome
Food and Fiber
45. What are the 2 classifications of meat
DNA
Reticulum
Jersey
Inedible and edible
46. A DNA code that directs an organisms characterstics
Bovinesematictrophin
Genotype
Fecal counts
Colostrum
47. Are a resting place for dairy cattle. is built such that the cow can come inside the stall and leave at will.
Freestalls
LH
Vitamin d
Distosia
48. Is growing aquatic plants or animals in a closed environment
Vitamin d
Aquaculture
Bovinesematictrophin
305
49. Important in developing the digestive system of calves but is not of great need in the diets of adult beef cattle.
Certain parasites
Pietrain
Oxytosen
Vitamin D
50. Dairy cows have an average life of what
Transgenic
Pietrain
Freestalls
3 to 4 years