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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. Dairy cows have an average life of what
Homogenization
3 to 4 years
Anaerobic lagoons
Chromosome
2. What does mortality loss mean
Jersey
Hog cholera
3 to 4 years
Death rate
3. Measured in percentage of crude protein - helps build muscles - connective tissue - and the nervous system. Made of amino acids
Protein
Vitamin a
Bovinesematictrophin
Omasum
4. In the U.S. what breed is the top # in horses?
Quarter Horses
Jersey
Cattle
Anaerobic lagoons
5. What collects water and other matter from the digestion system?
Animal rights
Livestock lagoon
Omasum
Rumen
6. What is the biggest expense for any animal
Colostrum
LH
Feed
Quarter Horses
7. A structure that is in the ncleus of cells containing DNA molecules
Distosia
Chromosome
LH
Inedible and edible
8. Refers to organsims modified by genetic engineering and containing DNA from external sources.
Bovinesematictrophin
Transgenic
Feed additives
Cattle
9. Is a process in which the milk is heated in order to destroy organisms that can cause disease
Pasteurization
Certain parasites
Aerobic lagoons
Stag
10. Help to improve some facet of animal nutrition
Two - stage lagoons
Feed additives
Inedible and edible
Copper
11. Usually some 20 times longer than the cow itself.
Food and Fiber
Small intestine
Protein
Phenotype
12. Are a resting place for dairy cattle. is built such that the cow can come inside the stall and leave at will.
Freestalls
Animal welfare
Protein
Pietrain
13. Is the end of the tract for undigested foods.
Small intestine
Large Intestine
Aquaculture
Phenotype
14. To develop muscle
Yearling rate
Vitamin E
Vitamin d
Sleving
15. Helps animals with worms that drain blood.
Iron
Phenotype
Pietrain
LH
16. What has a glandular lining and secrets acids and digestive to break down feed?
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Abomasum
Chromosome
Copper
17. Growth rate in cattle reflected by
Feed additives
Jersey
Yearling rate
Vitamin D
18. 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
Animal rights
Aerobic lagoons
Omasum
Reticulum
19. Also known as swine fever - contagious viral disease found in swine.
Copper
Livestock lagoon
LH
Hog cholera
20. What is on the left side of a cow and is the largest of the four compartments?
Vitamin D
Rumen
Aerobic lagoons
Distosia
21. What breed of cattle is known for high butterfat
Aquaculture
Jersey
Quarter Horses
Mastitis
22. It is inherited matter that is behind growth - development and function of cells
Phenotype
Abomasum
DNA
Large Intestine
23. What part contains heavy feed and any metal items eaten by the cow?
Cecum
Reticulum
Feed additives
Vitamin E
24. What is calving difficulty
Aquaculture
Distosia
305
Bovinesematictrophin
25. Are used to identify parasites that maybe in animals and to count the parasites found in stool by the grain.
Aerobic lagoons
Fecal counts
Yearling rate
Chromosome
26. Spurs growth - maintenance - and reproduction. it can affect fertility in bulls and cows
Pasteurization
Vitamin d
Vitamin E
Vitamin a
27. Is rooted in a belief that animals should be humanely treated.
Livestock lagoon
Jersey
Food and Fiber
Animal welfare
28. Are more affected by potential toxicity than are sheep
Animal rights
Cattle
Distosia
Ruminates
29. what kind of animals would eat forages and roughage
Protein
Pasteurization
Colostrum
Ruminates
30. The expression of the genes present in an individual.
Phenotype
Stag
Aquaculture
Bovinesematictrophin
31. At what age an animal is weaned also plays a part in resisting_______-.
Omasum
Certain parasites
Aquaculture
Feed additives
32. A DNA code that directs an organisms characterstics
Death rate
Genotype
Jersey
Bovinesematictrophin
33. What are the lactation period for dairy cattle
Animal rights
Anaerobic lagoons
Pasteurization
305
34. The process that prevents milk fat from separating from milk products.
Pietrain
Homogenization
Death rate
Rumen
35. Smaller cattle and those higher in milking potential usually
Reticulum
Jersey
Mature early
Anthrax
36. What are the 2 classifications of meat
Food and Fiber
Vitamin d
Inedible and edible
Feed
37. Is taking samples of grazed pasture and examining a larve - to - grass ratio
3 to 4 years
Food and Fiber
Field count
LH
38. Retaining liquid acts as a small waste water treatment facility.
Quarter Horses
Livestock lagoon
Freestalls
Ruminates
39. What breed of swine is PSS most commonly found in?
Pietrain
Yearling rate
Copper
Bovinesematictrophin
40. Refers to the belief of those that animlas should not be used in any explotive nature.
Inedible and edible
Pietrain
Hog cholera
Animal rights
41. Is a male swine castrated after signs of developing the secondary characteristics of a boar.
Stag
Animal rights
Bovinesematictrophin
Anaerobic lagoons
42. Bone development
Cecum
Oxytosen
Marbling
Vitamin d
43. What breed of cattle is known for tolerant of heat and produce more pounds of milk per body weight than other breeds?
DNA
Jersey
Certain parasites
Hog cholera
44. Is given to increase milk production
Bovinesematictrophin
DNA
Minerals
Homogenization
45. A contagious viral disease found in dogs.
Mastitis
Canine distemper
Oxytosen
Certain parasites
46. Is growing aquatic plants or animals in a closed environment
Aquaculture
Anaerobic lagoons
Field count
Omasum
47. An acute infectious disease that comes from bacterium.
Quarter Horses
Reticulum
Jersey
Anthrax
48. what is creamy and 1st milk for young
Iron
Mastitis
DNA
Colostrum
49. Are needed for functions such as bone formation and growth
Distosia
Canine distemper
Field count
Minerals
50. Cows with bleached hair has what kind of deficiency
Hog cholera
Copper
Reticulum
Inedible and edible