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What are four industries within animal agriculture? |
Beef production, Dairy production, Poultry production and small animals |
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Name five career opportunities in animal agriculture |
Cheese maker, Milker, dog walker, butcher and poultry processor |
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List two products derived from animals for each of the following areas. |
Food- T-Bone mashed potatoes Fiber- silk leather Work- By-products- plastic bags fireworks Research- eyeliner omega-3 Entertainment- fishing horse back riding |
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What is the difference between a companion animal and a production animal? |
A companion animal isn't something you eat or use for food or other by- products and a production animal is used to make by-products and you could eat them. |
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Describe how domestication has benefited animals and humans. |
Pandas and Elephants wouldn't be able to survive without the help of humans. Humans get more resources. |
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How did domestication of animals change human life? |
The animals are use for clothes and food |
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How do the six characteristics of domesticated animals allow for domestication? |
Diet- get fed by humans, special food Growth Rate- fast, grow and sell Ability to breed in captivity- make more of the animal have the important parts Disposition- how calm they are Tempernment- easy to handle Social hierarchy- acting around humans |
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Describe how you would begin to domesticate a wild animal. What problems may arise to keep the species from being domesticated? |
For an Elephant you could domesticate them with a diet and social hierarchy. Their ability to breed in captivity might cause a problem. |
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List, in order from highest to lowest, seven levels of scientific classification. |
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species |
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What levels of classification are included when using binomial nomenclature? |
Don't know the answer |
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What is a breed and how is it different from a species? |
A breed is two animals put together and a species is an animal that hasn't been breed yet. |
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How is taxonomy used to determine how closely two organisms are related? |
It's to see when they are related to on the KPCOFGS |
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What is your response? |
I would tell her that being fenced in is not hurting the pig and we do let it out. It's also to keep her and her piglets together. |
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Describe how you believe your response fits into either the philosophy of animal rightist or the animal welfare. |
It would be in animal welfare |
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How do you think a person with an opposing view to you will respond? |
They would think we're abusing the pig because it's fenced in. |
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What is the difference between an animal welfarist and an animal rightist? |
Animal welfarist- animals have rights, ok with fenced in, doesn't care if it's fenced in as long as it's not abuse. Animal rightist- same rights as humans, shouldn't be fenced in, believe animals should have everything humans have. |
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Why is the study of animal behavior important to animal producers? |
It's important because they need to know how to handle the animal. They also need to know where the flight zone is. |
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What environment stimulus caused the greatest response in your lab activity? Why do you suppose this is so? |
The dark side and the light side had a greater outcome because 4 out of the 5 rolly pollies went to the dark side and only one stayed on the light side. |
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List and describe three instinctive behaviors and three learned behaviors. |
Instinctive Behaviors: maternal- the mom protects the baby. Herd- safety in numbers. Territory- like to stay in the same environment Learned Behaviors: when they get fed. Tricks. Where to go to get food. |
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What is a flight zone and how can it be used in handling and moving animals? |
The flight zone is where they'll take off if something is in this zone. For cows they have less of a flight zone when approached by a horse. That would be a good way to move a cow. |
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An animal producer is moving animals for transport. What are three practices the producer can use to lower animal stress during this time? |
No sudden movements, no cramming the animals in a small space and no loud noises. |
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List the basic needs of animals. |
Food Water Shelter |
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How does providing for the basic needs for animals benefit a producer? |
Not answering |
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What considerations influence the type of facility a producer builds? |
Not answering |
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Why is the use of scale important in planning and design of livestock facilities? |
Not answering |
