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A group of animals that result from breeding and selection and thathave distinguishable characterists.
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Breeds
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What has developed to provide increased production (meat, milk, eggs and/or wool) in a given environment?
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Breeds
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______ are developed from a recessive color gene in Black Angus Cattle
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Red Angus
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What 3 major colors do Shorthorns possess due to genetic co-dominance?
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red, white and roan
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Continental European Cattle Breeds:
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Chianina, Charolais, Gelbvieh, Limousin, Maine Anjou, Simmental, Texas Longhorn
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British Cattle Breeds:
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Angus, Hereford, Polled Hereford, Red Angus, Shorthorn
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Black, naturally polled, moderate size
Excellenct marbling, maternal breed |
Angus(Scotland)
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Black faced, sire breed, old breed, grows very fast, muscular carcassess, slick legs, no wool cap
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Suffolk (England)
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Bos Indicus, noted for heat tolerance, disease and insect resistance and crossing ability
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Brahman (India)
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Charolais, Limousin, Maine Anjou, Rambouillet
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France Breeds
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Breed of cattle of Swiss origin:
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Simmental
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Bos Indicus:
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Brahman, Brangus, Simbrah, Santa Gertrudis, Beefmaster
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Swine sire breeds:
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Duroc, Hampshire, Spotted Swine, Pietrain, Berkshire
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Swine maternal breeds:
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Chester White, Landrace, Yorkshire
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Prolific swine breed from Denmark, long drooping ears and extra vertebra, maternal breed
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Landrace
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Reddish brown with drooping ears, excellenct growth rate and feed efficiency, average carcass merit, sire breed, United States
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Duroc (United States)
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Swine breeds with erect ears:
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Yorkshire, Hampshire, Berkshire, Pietrain
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White-faced sheep breed, able to breed out of season, meat breed
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Dorset (England)
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Brownish black head and legs, wool cap, sire breed in commercial production
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Hampshire sheep (England)
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Finewool sheep breeds:
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Merino, Rambouillet
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Sire vs. Maternal sheep breeds:
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Sire= black faced, lean muscle, later maturity
Dam(Maternal)= prolificacy, white faced |
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Cattle breed that has the highest percent butter fat, heat and humidity resistance:
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Jersey (Isle of Jersey)
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Cattle breed that is the most dominant breed of dairy cattle, unparalleled milk production
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Holstein (Netherlands)
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Mohair
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Angora Goat
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Goat bred of Swiss origin:
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Saanen
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Goat breed that is a fast growing, meat-type goat, white body, and brown head:
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South African Boer Goat
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Of the dairy goats, which breed has the highest milk production?
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Saanen (Switzerland)
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Light Breed, Working cow horse
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American Quater Horse (United States)
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Light Breed, the eye is encircled by white; the skin is mottled irregularly with black and white, particularly around muzzle; hooves are narrowly striped vertically in black and white; Spanish horses that came in through Mexico
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Appaloosa
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Draft Horse breed noted for their nervous nature and feathering on their lower legs
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Clydesdale (Scotland)
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Draft Horse Breeds:
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Belgian, Clydesdale, Percheron
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Poultry that are no longer capable of natural reproduction and experience structural problems
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Broad Breasted White Turkey
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Most prolific egg laying breed
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Leghorn
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Poultry breeds noted for broiler production:
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White Plymouth Rock, White Cornish
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A hand is equivalent to
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4 inches
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Warm Blood Horse Breeds:
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Trakehner and Hanoverian
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Dark oval-shaped areas on the insides of the hocks and just above the knees; like a horse's fingerprint
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Chestnuts
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Horse with black points and a shade of red body::
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Bay
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Golden body, flaxen mane and tail
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Palamino
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A progressive color; meaning the horse gets more white hairs interspersed in the coat as he ages until he appears almost white
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Graying
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Network of darker areas imposed over lighter areas and can be present on any horse color
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Dappling
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Facial markings:
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star, snip, blaze, strip, bald face, interrupted strip
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White from the coronet to the knee
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Stocking
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Where are the withers located:
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at the bottom of the mane where it ends on the horses shoulder
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Proportionality of the horse; shoulder, barrel, and hip area should be of equal proportion
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balance
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Muscling is best evaluated where?
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in the chest, forearm, shoulder, loin, hip, stifle, and inner and outer gaskins
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Temperament, Soundness, Conformation, Level of Training, Breed, Age, Sex, Pedigree, Quality, Size
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Value Determining Characteristics
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Two beat diagonal gait:
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Trot
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A three beat gait
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Canter
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Horses have a full mouth at
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5 years of age
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When do mares breed:
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The spring, when the days grow longer
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Gestation length of a mare is
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11 months; 336 days
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Horses exercised heavily need what:
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more energy in their diets
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The soft, fleshy part at the back of the horse's hoof that aids in blood circulation
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frog
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Roof of mouth, bars, tongue, lower jaw, poll
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Pressure points when using a bit
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Nose, corners, curb groove
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pressure points that respond to a bridle
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Curb bit
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works off of indirect pressure
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Snaffle bit
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direct pressure; when a horses head and neck are horizontal, a pull on the reins puts pressure on the corners of his mouth.
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identify parts of the western saddle
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horn, seat, cantle, stirrup
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Intensive management systems of sheep and goat production
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Farm Flock and Feedlot
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Predominant southwestern range ewe
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Rambouillet
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Leading state for U.S. mohair
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Texas
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Leading lamb feeding state
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Colorado
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Leading Dairy goat state
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California
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Breeding season for sheep
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fall
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Estrous cycle of the ewe
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17days
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Sheep and goats have a full mouth at
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4 years of age
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Why is drenching important?
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it removes internal parasites
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methods of predator control
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GDL:
Great Pyrenees Donkeys Llamas |
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Shearing of wool from the reproductive area and mammary system of ewes prior to parturition
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Crutching
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Viral; can be transmitted to humans
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sore mouth
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overshot jaw
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parrot mouth
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undershot jaw
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monkey mouth
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Skeletal correctness, frame, capacity, body composition, head, neck and shoulders, fleece
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Breeding sheep selection
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A good measure of the lamb's own growth genetics as well as the dam's milking ability
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weaning weight
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FEPD
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Flock Expected Progeny Differences
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Natural waviness of wool fiber
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crimp
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Grease recovered from wool
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Lanolin
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