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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. What has a glandular lining and secrets acids and digestive to break down feed?
Iron
Colostrum
Death rate
Abomasum
2. An acute infectious disease that comes from bacterium.
Jersey
Yearling rate
Anthrax
Marbling
3. Growth rate in cattle reflected by
Mastitis
Yearling rate
Feed additives
Transgenic
4. Is a process in which the milk is heated in order to destroy organisms that can cause disease
Aquaculture
Pasteurization
Abomasum
Two - stage lagoons
5. What are the 2 classifications of meat
Animal rights
Marbling
Inedible and edible
LH
6. Spurs growth - maintenance - and reproduction. it can affect fertility in bulls and cows
Vitamin a
Food and Fiber
Reticulum
Protein
7. Retaining liquid acts as a small waste water treatment facility.
Livestock lagoon
305
Phenotype
Vitamin E
8. Milk let down is caused by
Certain parasites
Oxytosen
Canine distemper
Sleving
9. Are more affected by potential toxicity than are sheep
Canine distemper
Cattle
Quarter Horses
Feed additives
10. A DNA code that directs an organisms characterstics
Copper
Pasteurization
Genotype
Feed
11. 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.
Colostrum
Ruminates
Animal welfare
Cecum
12. Bone development
Vitamin d
Reticulum
Distosia
Feed
13. Is taking samples of grazed pasture and examining a larve - to - grass ratio
Field count
Inedible and edible
Canine distemper
Reticulum
14. A procedure in which particle sizes are sorted by forcing the particles through pores or openings
Genotype
Sleving
Anaerobic lagoons
Anthrax
15. Use the first lagoon to take in the waste and allows solid and settle.
Marbling
Two - stage lagoons
Yearling rate
Colostrum
16. Important in developing the digestive system of calves but is not of great need in the diets of adult beef cattle.
Bovinesematictrophin
Feed additives
Jersey
Vitamin D
17. Is a male swine castrated after signs of developing the secondary characteristics of a boar.
Animal welfare
Small intestine
Stag
Abomasum
18. The main factor in determining the USDA quality grade which indicates factors including juiciness - tenderness - and flavor
Marbling
Yearling rate
Certain parasites
Distosia
19. A structure that is in the ncleus of cells containing DNA molecules
Feed
Homogenization
Chromosome
Cattle
20. 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
Marbling
Food and Fiber
Vitamin D
Rumen
21. Helps animals with worms that drain blood.
Two - stage lagoons
Iron
Colostrum
Canine distemper
22. Is rooted in a belief that animals should be humanely treated.
Rumen
305
Inedible and edible
Animal welfare
23. Refers to organsims modified by genetic engineering and containing DNA from external sources.
Transgenic
LH
Certain parasites
Colostrum
24. Is given to increase milk production
Pietrain
Transgenic
Hog cholera
Bovinesematictrophin
25. At what age an animal is weaned also plays a part in resisting_______-.
Certain parasites
Feed additives
Mature early
Canine distemper
26. Is the end of the tract for undigested foods.
Transgenic
Aquaculture
Large Intestine
Sleving
27. A contagious viral disease found in dogs.
Pietrain
Colostrum
Canine distemper
Oxytosen
28. What disease causes loss in production in dairy cattle
Mastitis
Abomasum
Animal welfare
Vitamin a
29. what is creamy and 1st milk for young
Jersey
Colostrum
Hog cholera
Canine distemper
30. Smaller cattle and those higher in milking potential usually
Mature early
Pasteurization
Genotype
Phenotype
31. Help to improve some facet of animal nutrition
Animal welfare
Feed additives
Oxytosen
Certain parasites
32. Refers to the belief of those that animlas should not be used in any explotive nature.
Ruminates
Animal rights
Omasum
Animal welfare
33. Usually some 20 times longer than the cow itself.
Feed additives
Small intestine
LH
Vitamin a
34. What part contains heavy feed and any metal items eaten by the cow?
Reticulum
Mastitis
Vitamin D
Animal rights
35. Are used to identify parasites that maybe in animals and to count the parasites found in stool by the grain.
Fecal counts
Colostrum
Canine distemper
Freestalls
36. The expression of the genes present in an individual.
Feed
Certain parasites
DNA
Phenotype
37. To develop muscle
Homogenization
Iron
Rumen
Vitamin E
38. The process that prevents milk fat from separating from milk products.
Animal rights
Homogenization
Mature early
Copper
39. Are needed for functions such as bone formation and growth
Vitamin D
Transgenic
Pasteurization
Minerals
40. Are those biological waste systems that operate without oxygen.
Genotype
Anaerobic lagoons
Inedible and edible
Iron
41. In the U.S. what breed is the top # in horses?
Colostrum
305
Quarter Horses
Animal welfare
42. Operate with oxygen either mechanically or naturally.
Aerobic lagoons
Food and Fiber
Phenotype
Ruminates
43. 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
Ruminates
Aerobic lagoons
Reticulum
Chromosome
44. What is calving difficulty
Animal welfare
Vitamin D
LH
Distosia
45. What breed of swine is PSS most commonly found in?
Quarter Horses
Pietrain
Death rate
LH
46. What breed of cattle is known for high butterfat
Jersey
Genotype
Canine distemper
Iron
47. What collects water and other matter from the digestion system?
Large Intestine
Omasum
Aquaculture
Copper
48. It is inherited matter that is behind growth - development and function of cells
Livestock lagoon
DNA
Homogenization
Anaerobic lagoons
49. What is the biggest expense for any animal
Mature early
Large Intestine
Feed
Minerals
50. what kind of animals would eat forages and roughage
Rumen
Small intestine
Fecal counts
Ruminates