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