Animal Classification Quiz

Important roles that animals play in life

Food, Feed, Clothing, Medicines, Services, Recreation, Labor

5 Categories of Animals

Production, Company, Wildlife, Fiber, Labor

By-product we get from Cattle

Leather, soap, gelatin

By-product we get from Swine

Insulin, clothing, valves for heart surgery

By-product we get from Poultry

Feathers for pillows, pet food, eggs

By-product we get from Goats

Milk, Cashmere, wool

Species

Group of a group of living organisms that are capable of interbreeding

Breed

A group of animals within a species that have distinguishing characteristics that they can pass onto offspring

Purebred

Animals who sire and dam are of the same breed

Crossbred

Offspring in which the sire and dam are of different breeds

Cattle: Mature Male

Bull

Cattle: Young Female

Heifer

Sheep: Mature Male

Ram

Sheep: Castrated Male

Wether

Sheep: Group

Flock

Swine: Mature Female

Sow

Swine: Young Male

Shoat

Swine: Castrated male

Barrow

Horses: Mature Male

Stallion

Horses: Young female

Filly

Horses: Baby

Foal

Turkey: Mature Male

Tom

Turkey: Baby

Poult

Chickens: Young male

Cockerel

Chickens: Young female

Pullet

Goats: Baby

Kid

Rabbits: Group

Colony or nest

Number of animals in a class for livestock judging

4

Oral explanation of a description to why you placed a class of livestock animals

Reasons

Key things to look for in market animals

Muscle, balance, finishing

Key things to look for in breeding animals

Balance, soundness, deep bodied

Major wholesale cuts of pork

Butt, Picnic, Loin, Bacon, Ham

Facilities and resources that need to be considered when raising animals

Food, water, shelter, cleaning, exercise, medical, start up costs

Cloning

A process through which genetically identical organisms are produced

Artificial insemination

Placing of sperm into the female reproductive tract by other than natural means

Embryo Transfer

Process of flushing the embryos from a donor female and implanting them into other females