Lecture 15 - Livestock Production

Livestock

What type of veterinarian is responsible for trying to: reduce diseases from management errors, change behavior of managers through education, prevent health/reproductive/production problems, help optimize production and product quality humanely, and focus on diseased animal, herd, and farm enterprise?

Cattle

Production for what animals refers to beef and dairy?

Goats

Production for what animals refers to meat, dairy, and hair?

Sheep

Production for what animals refers to meat, wool, and dairy?

Swine

Production for what animals refers to only meat?

Poultry

Production for what animals refers to meat and eggs?

Declining

Are dairy farm numbers in the US increasing or declining while milk production is increasing?

Grazing

What feeding technique is the single largest source of domestic ruminant nutrition? 35% of the contiguous US is used for this.

Hay

What type of feed is forage that is dried and cut to reduce moisture?

Fermented

Baleage, haylage, and silage are all forage that has been what? A variety of forages can be used for this, like grass, alfalfa, and corn, it includes different moisture contents, partially dried/chopped and then packed and sealed, establishes an anaerobic environment, decreases pH, and stops microbial activity.

Beef

Which type of cattle, sheep, and goat operations usually use grazing with supplementation in the winter?

Dairy

Which type of cattle herds use total mixed rations, grazing with supplementation, and hay with supplementation?