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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
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