Animal Science Part 2 Study Guide

Crop or livestock—deal with such concepts as labor supply, marketing, etc.

Explain commercial livestock finishing

Transumance is the method of moving livestock to an area of more water and feed seasonally and moving back

Hooved animals that have a rumen and chew their cud

The 4 compartments of a ruminant stomach are the rumen, the reticulum, the omasum, and the abomasum

Why must we feed essential amino acids to horses but not cows?

Why is the proper feeding of livestock such an important practical consideration?

What is the purpose of having feeds chemically analyzed

The practice of moving animals seasonally from a permanent base to more abundant resources and then returning

Having only one stomach

The act of seizing and grasping is known as prehension

Why don’t ruminants practice cecotrophy?

Feeding trials help to generate feeding standards for animals by showing how the animal relies on the feedstuff.

What are the major factors that determine the type of livestock systems found in a given location?

The true glandular stomach in the ruminant

The final feeding stage when animals are readied for market.

Any substance that is used as animal feed

The practice of clearing a plot of land from the forst by cutting the trees and shrubs and then burning them.

An overdistention of the rumen and reticulum with the gasses of fermentation.

Removing gas from the rumen via the esophagus