Junior Quiz Bowl. Round 9 Phase 2

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1 Multiple Choice: Mating animals of different breeds is known as? (4A465 Wyoming Beef Report) 1 a. Crossbreeding b. Inbreeding c. Linebreeding Multiple Choice: Inspection is performed by the. (4-H 117R) a. Agricultural Marketing Service b. Food Safety Inspection Service c. 2 Packing Plant Multiple Choice: An average market steer will gain atleast how many pounds per day? (4A465 Wyoming Beef Report) 3 a. 1.0 lb/day b. 2.5 lb/day c. 5.0 lb/day What compartment is the largest of the four parts of a ruminant stomach. It is 4 also known as the fermentation vat? (BU-6353 Revised 1999) Rumen The time period that a cow or heifer will stand to be receptive to a bull is known 5 as what? (4A465 Wyoming Beef Report) Heat or Estrus Multiple Choice: What breed of sheep can raise a % lamb crop? 6 (Sheep 1) a. Suffolk b. Finnsheep c. Dorset Hampshire hogs are easily recognized by what color pattern? (4-H Circular 7 134R) A white belt encircling a black body Multiple Choice: The appearance of the fat on a pork carcass should be: (4-H 8 134R) a. Firm and pink b. Soft and white c. Firm and white Proper nutrition is essential for livestock. What are three of the five main groups of nutrients that livestock require? (Wyoming 4-H Beef Manual) -Energy (or fats and carbohydrates) -Protein -Vitamins -Minerals -Water What are stockers? (BU ) Weaned steer or heifer calves run on grass prior to entering a feedlot Name four different beef quality grades for young cattle. (Beef 2) Prime, Choice, Select, or Standard Name the four compartments of a ruminants stomach. (4-H 117R) Rumen, reticulum, omasum, abomasum What is the normal birth position for a lamb? Be specific. (4H194R) Front legs first with head lying on top and between them, nose pointed toward front feet Name two changes in the skin that may be observed in hogs with erysipelas. (4- H 134R) Red skin blotches, purplish tail and ears, diamond skin lesions In February this year a judge ruled that a large meat packing company was guilty of using marketing strategies that drove down the cash market for beef producers. In April, the ruling was reversed clearing the company of any wrong doing. What company was involved in this case? (Pork 4/26/04) Tyson Fresh Meats (if answer IBP, ask what company name is now, as it was IBP when the lawsuit was filed.)

2 Multiple Choice: The area where animal can't see is known as it's R 1 (4-H 117R) a. Point of Balance b. Flight Zone c. Blind Spot Multiple Choice. What is a condition when the front knees are too close together? (BU-6352 Revised 1999) R 2 a. Buck-kneed b. Knock kneed c. Pigeon-toed Multiple Choice: Meat Inspection of animal carcasses is a process. T 3 (4-H 117R) a. Random b. Voluntary c. Mandatory What class of nutrients is used to build muscles, hair, hooves, and internal B 4 tissues? (4-H 117R) Protein Multiple Choice: In cattle the inheritence of horns is to polled. R 5 a. Dominant b. Recessive c. Incomplete dominance (4-H 117R) Multiple choice: To what age are calf weaning weights typically adjusted? (4-H R 6 117R) a. 150 days b. 185 days c. 205 days Multiple Choice: Bloat is the build up of gases in the. (4-H 117R) T 7 a. Abomasum b. Reticulum c. Rumen This breed of cattle has strong maternal traits, are naturally polled and have black hair and skin. They originated in Scotland. (4A465 Wyoming Beef B 8 Report) Angus Multiple Choice: In the final stage of parturition, what is normally expelled from the female 2-12 hours after the birth of the offspring? (Wyoming 4-H Beef R 9 Manual) a. Placenta b. Uterus c. Cervix Multiple Choice: The earlier lambs are castrated and docked, the better, but in general, docking and castrating lambs should definitely be done before what age? (4HCCS BU-6370 Revised 2000) a. Three days old b. Two weeks R 10 old c. One month old Multiple Choice: Which of the following states ranks the highest in total T 11 numbers of sheep? (4H194R) a. Colorado b. Wyoming c. Texas What is the meat from a mature sheep called? (4HCCS BU-6367 Revised 2000) B 12 Mutton Gilts should be selected based on genotypic background and on their phenotypic appraisal. How do you know the phenotype of an animal? (4-H Circular 134R) R 13 By looking at it Multiple Choice: Which is the unacceptable area to tap the hog to make it R 14 move? (4-H 134R) a. Jowl b. Loin c. rear hock Multiple Choice: Pigs are: (4-H Circular 134R) a. Herbivores T 15 b. Nonruminants c. Ruminants How long is the gestation period of a sow? (Swine 2) 3 months, 3 weeks, 3 B 16 days ( days) This term refers to the part of the estrous cycle when a female will accept the 1T male and may be successfully bred. (4-H 117R) heat or estrus

3 2T 3T Junior Quiz Bowl Multiple Choice: The common name given to the omasum is. (4-H 117R) a. Honeycomb b. Manyplies c. Paunch Multiple Choice: The fat measurement used in calculating the percent lean on hogs is: a. First rib fat b. 10th rib fat c. 13th rib fat (4H 134R)

4 The first milk that a newborn animal receives is often very important because it contains antibodies that gives calves passive immunity to protect them from disease. What is the first milk called? (4A465 Wyoming Beef Report) 1 Colostrum Multiple Choice: To keep from startling an animal, the best place to approach it 2 from is the. (4-H 117R) a. Front b. Rear c. Side 3 What is another name for Brucellosis? (BU6160) Bang s disease Multiple Choice: What s another name for cattle that are registered with a breed association and that are used to establish a breeding herd? (BU Revised 1999) a. Commercial b. Straightbred c. Seedstock Multiple Choice: Which of the following is true regarding cattle? (BU-6352 Revised 1999) a. Cattle can see directly behind them b. Cattle are usually easier to handle in groups than alone c. Cattle do not have a flight 5 zone Multiple Choice: Which of the following would be an average fat thickness an a 6 market lamb? (4H194R) a inches b. 0.5 inches c inches Multiple Choice: In swine diets, corn, milo, and buckwheat would be classified as? (4-H Circular 134R) a. Energy sources b. Fat sources c. Protein 7 sources Multiple Choice: A new litter of piglets should ideally be processed how soon 8 after birth? (4-H 134R) a. 12 hours b. 24 hours c. 48 hours

5 What is Hybrid vigor? (BU-6353 Revised 1999) When the crossbred 1 offspring outperforms the average of its parents for a given trait Explain what the blind spot of an animal is. (4-H 117R) The area directly 2 behind an animal where it can't see anything What is the cud and in what type of animals will you find one? (Bite into Beef) 3 A bolus of regurgitated food, common only to ruminants What are two things that indicate a cow or heifer is in heat? (BU-6353 Revised 1999) -Grouping together -Riding each other -Exhibiting standing heat to indicate that they are ready to mate with the bull -Mucous will be 4 discharged from the vagina Describe how you determine the age of sheep by 'mouthing' it? (Sheep 1) Lambs have four pairs of small teeth on the bottom. Beginning at approx. 1 year of age and for each year after, one pair is replaced by larger permanent teeth, beginning with the center pair. So, look at the number of large, permanent teeth, as compared to the number of smaller, nonpermanent 5 teeth. Name two of the five pork wholesale cuts. (4-H 134R) Boston Butt or Boston 6 Shoulder, Picnic or Arm Picnic, Loin, Belly or Side (Bacon), Ham, Jowl, Rib The U.S. Pork Industry has benefitted the past 7 months due to the discovery of 2 diseases in the beef and poultry industries respectively. What were these 2 7 diseases? (Pork) BSE and Avian influenza (Bird Flu) What is dressing percent? (4-H Circular 134R) Percentage of the live 8 weight that becomes carcass weight (carcass weight / live weight) x 100

6 Colostrum is high in what compounds which give the offspring immunity from R 1 disease? (4-H 117R) Antibodies Multiple Choice: Pseudorabies is a fatal disease affecting most species of mammals, except which mammal is not affected? (4-H Circular 134R) R 2 a. Humans b. Cattle c. Mice Multiple Choice: The person or business that buys wholesale cuts, then processes and packages retail cuts for the consumer is known as the what? (4-H 117R) a. Packer b. T 3 Processor c. Retailer What is creep feeding? (Sheep 1) The process of providing feed to R 5 young animals that are still nursing Sire summaries generally report EPD s on birth, growth, and maternal traits. What do the initials E.P.D. stand for? (Wyoming 4-H Beef Manual) Expected R 6 Progeny Difference Multiple Choice: Which of the following is most likely to cause serious unsoundness problems? (4-H 117R) a. Post legged b. Sickle hocked T 7 c. Splay footed B 8 R 9 R 10 T 11 B 12 R 13 This is a health problem that can occur when the gas production in the rumen exceeds the animal s ability to remove the gas by belching. As this problem continues, both sides of the animal becomes distended and breathing becomes labored. What is this health problem? (Wyoming 4-H Beef Manual) Bloat Multiple Choice: Stressed conditions prior to slaughter can result in this carcass quality problem in beef. (4-H 117R) a. Dark cutters b. Pale, soft, and exudative lean c. Dehydration What is the average gestation period for beef cattle? (4A465 Wyoming Beef Report) 282 days (± 10 days) or 9 ½ months The process of removing the tail from baby lambs is called? (Sheep 1) Docking Sheep have eight small teeth when they are less than one year-old, which are replaced by how many permanent teeth each year until their fourth birthday? (4HCCS BU-6370 Revised 2000) Two teeth (each year) Multiple Choice: The gene responsible for PSS, Porcine Stress Syndrome, is a (4-H Circular 134R) a. Dominant b. Recessive c. Incomplete Dominance R 14 What is a castrated male hog called? (BU 6158) Barrow T 15 Multiple Choice: Which of the following would be an average loin muscle area in swine? (4-H Circular 134R) a. 4 sq. in. b. 6.5 sq. in. c. 9 sq. in.

7 In December 2003 it was announced that a dairy cow from Washington State had tested positive for what disease? Give the scientific name and the namemost often used in popular press. (Beef 4/1/04) BSE -Bovine Spongiform B 16 Encephalopathy; Mad Cow Disease 1T The top of the head on a beef animal is called what? (BU ) Poll Multiple Choice: This breed of sheep has a rich, deep brown or black face, ears, and legs. It is an excellent sire bred known for its good growth rate in offspring. It originated in England. (4HCCS BU-6370 Revised 2000) 2T a. Columbia b. Hampshire c. Southdown Multiple Choice: What mineral deficiency can cause a baby pig to become 3T anemic? (Swine 2) a. Iron b. Calcium c. Phosphorus

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