Animal Science KOSSA Review

Replacement breeding stock are selected on confirmation and _____.

Including livestock in a farm business helps _____ the risks over more enterprises.

__ is the imposition of a behavior pattern in a young horse by exposure to stimuli.  

Which career opportunity carries out the everyday operation of the farm?

Which is true about manure?

Which identifies 3 of the 6 essential nutrients?

What is a business owned by one person who makes the decisions?

Livestock manure affects:

Which term describes the production of one or more exact genetic copies of an animal?

What is a sign of poor animal health?

When the temperature of an animal is elevated above normal, the animal has a ___.

What is a common system used to treat the wastewater resulting from animal production?

High quality food in the US is partly due to uniform set of terms est. by the USDA known as __.

What is an advantage of technology?

___ are essential in skeleton growth and necessary for body systems to function properly.

What is a method of distributing the cost of capital items over the life of the asset?

In the futures market, what is a futures price?

___ is a condition that is sometimes referred to as laminitis or inflammation under hoof wall.

The first step in conducting agricultural research is identifying the ___ to be investigated.  

___ is animal tissues and bones from animal slaughterhouses cooked, dried and ground.  

Which type of swine production system involves the pigs being farrowed and fed on same farm?

Which of the following is the best simple definition of biotechnology?

Which of the following is not a function of a manure-handling system?

___ is a gas given off from organic matter.  

___ are feed materials that are high in fiber.

What is a form of business where 2 or more people go into business together?

seasonally ____: typically has multiple estrous cycles only during a certain time of the year. 

___ are chickens that are used to produce large quantities of eggs.  

The ___ is commonly known as the racing horse.

___ is the meat of young calves that are not used for replacement animals in the dairy herd.  

Which statement best describes advantages of artificial insemination?

What is accomplished by adding or increasing new products and/or enterprises?  

What are the 3 essential elements of a marketing program?

Which of the following is a visual sign of poor health?

What is the purpose of USMCA?

Fixed costs:

What are both sheep and goats raised to product?

Which of the following is NOT a use of manure?

Which breeding system in the mating of related animals to increase genetic purity of the stock?

___ is the appearance of a new trait in the offspring that didn't exist in the parents.

An infection of the milk secreting glands in animals is called:

How do livestock help conserve soil and soil fertility?

Which of the following is an advantage of an embryo transfer?

What is the placing of semen in the female reproductive tract by artificial techniques?  

What are goods sold to another country?

Which breed is the most popular dairy breed?

Which breed is the most popular in the US because of its high quality marbling?

What are items owned by a business that have value?

What career works with animal facilities, waste mgt, env'tal impact, and improving products?

Which of the following breeds of horses are not classified as draft?