ANSC 305: ANIMAL BREEDS
74 Cards in this Set
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What was the first cattle breed to have its own registry and when was it created?
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Shorthorn
1820's
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What cattle breed is the lightest muscled of the British Breeds?
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Shorthorn
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What cattle breed is the standard for marbling in the U.S.?
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Angus
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What cattle breed gets its color because of a recessive gene?
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Red Angus
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When did the Red Angus cattle get their own registry?
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1954
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What are the two classes of Red Angus registration?
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1A=directly related to Scotish Red Angus
1B=15/16ths Red Angus=grading up
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In what cattle breed is it important to have pigment around the eye?
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Hereford-to avoid cancer eye
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What cattle breed gets its color because of a dilution gene?
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Charolais
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What cattle breed was brought in through Mexico because Frances problem with Hoof and Mouth Disease at the time?
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Charolais
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When was the Simmental breed mainly imported to the U.S.?
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1960's
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What cattle breed is the heaviest milking out of all of the exotics?
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Simmental
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What cattle breed carries the dilution gene but is not the Charolais?
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Simmental
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Chianina
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Chianina
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In what cattle breed is there extreme grading up?
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Chianina because only one parent needs to be a Chi to be considered a registered Chi
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What cattle breed has the same parentage as swiss dairy cows?
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Braunvieh
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What cattle breeds name means "brown cow"
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Braunvieh
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What cattle breed has the highest milk production for the continental cattle breeds?
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Braunvieh
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What dairy cattle breed has the heaviest milk production?
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Holstein
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What cattle breed makes up the largest population of dairy cattle in the world?
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Holstein
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What dairy cattle breed has the highest amount of butterfat in their milk?
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Jersey
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What cattle breed bull is used to breed first calf heifer because of the lighter birth weights?
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Jersey Bulls
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When did Brahman Cattle get their own registry?
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1930's
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What cattle breed is the most numerous South Asian breed in the world?
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Nellore
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What cattle breed has a high calf survival rate?
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Nellore
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What cattle breed cows carry their udders like mares?
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Nellore
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What is the breed composition of Brangus cattle?
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3/8 Brahman
5/8 Angus
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What happens when you breed two Brangus cattle?
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hybrid vigor is retained
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What is the breed composition of Beefmaster cattle?
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1/2 Brahman or Bos indicus
1/4 Shorthorn
1/4 Hereford
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What is the breed composition of Santa Gertrudis cattle?
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5/8 Shorthorn
3/8 Brahman
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What is the breed composition of Simbrah cattle?
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5/8 Simmental
3/8 Brahman/ Bos Indicus
additional 1/16th allowed to be Simmental, Brahman/BI or any other breed
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What cattle breed marbles extremely well on Japanese feeding programs?
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Wagyu-Kobe beef
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What is Wagyu marbling on U.S. feeding programs comparable to?
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Angus marbling
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What cattle breed can be yellow due to a dilution gene?
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Tuli (Sanga)
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What two African cattle breeds get the semen from Australia
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Tuli (Sanga)
Boran (Bi)
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What African cattle breed has a small hump?
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Tuli (Sanga)
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What African Cattle breed has a large hump?
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Boran (Bi)
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What African cattle breed carries its hump on its neck instead of its shoulders like a Brahman?
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Africander (Sanga)
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Where and when did the first Africander cattle come to the U.S.?
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King Ranch-1932
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What do the Africanders horns look like?
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Flat and oval shaped
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What is the breed composition of the Bonasmara cattle breed?
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5/8 Africander
3/16ths Shorthorn
3/16ths Brahman
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What cattle breed is from St. Croix, in the British Virgin Islands?
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Senepol
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What is the most numerous sheep breed in the U.S.?
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Rambouillet
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What sheep breed is the most numerous in registered numbers in the U.S.?
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Suffolk
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What sheep breed has a wool cap in its head?
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Hampshire
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What is the main sheep breed shown in the U.S.?
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Southdown
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In which sheep breed are triplets very common?
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Finnsheep/ Finnish Landrace
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In which sheep breed is homozygosity for a single autosomal gene cause for triplets?
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Boroola Merino
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In which sheep breed is heterozygosity for a single gene cause for twins?
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Boroola Merino
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Which sheep breed is mainly considered a meat breed?
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Dorset
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Which sheep breed breeds out of season?
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Dorset
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Which sheep breed has wool that is desired by hand spinners and why?
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Lincoln because it is long and coarse
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What is the breed composition of a Columbia sheep?
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Rambouillet x Lincoln
Larger than Rambouillet and smaller than Lincoln
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Which sheep breed is considered to be fat rumped?
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Black-Headed Persian
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What breed results when you cross a Black-Headed Persian with a Dorset?
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Dorper
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What sheep breed is known for its long breeding season?
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Dorset
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What sheep breed is known as a hair breed and doesnt need a sheep shearer?
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Dorset
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What does it mean if a goat is born polled?
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Then they are sterile
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What is the main product of an Angora goat?
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Mohair
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What are the main things Boer Goats are known for?
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good carcass quality
deposits fat the best
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Which goat breed is known for their high butterfat content?
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Nubian
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What goat breed is known for their high milk fat content?
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Saanen
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Which goat breed does not have an outer ear and has high butterfat content?
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La Mancha
Gopher Ear
Elf Ear-less than 2 inches
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What does it mean for hogs when their name ends in -shire
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that they have erect ears
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Which hog breed is black and has a white belt that goes all the way around its front legs?
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Hampshire
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What do you get when you cross a Yorkshire and a Hampshire
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Blue butt
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Which hog breed has a long body with an extra vertebrae?
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Landrace
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Which breed has 20-25 piglets per litter?
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Meishan
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Which hog breed is very susceptible to the stress gene?
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Pietrain
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Which horse breed does harness racing?
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Standardbred
Pacers and Trotters
Trotters-two legs same side move same time
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Which horse breed has a sabino pattern?
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Clydesdale
Not a true roan but thats what breeders call it
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Characteristics of British Beef Breeds
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moderate frame size
good moms
good marbling
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Angus
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British beef breed
Aberdeen County, Scotland
Black
Standard for Marbling in U.S.
No grading up
Sound udder
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Red Angus
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British Beef Breed
Aberdeen County, Scotland
Red due to recessive gene
First registed in 1954/1960
1A=ancestry can be traced to scotland
1B=15/16ths Red Angus
allows grading up
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Hereford
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British Beef Breed
red with bald face, white underline, legs, tail, switch
hardy and adaptable
pink nose
no grading up
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ANSC 307: Exam 1