Beef Cattle Management Practices Crossword – Flashcards
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Parturition
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1. the process of giving birth
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Roughages
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2. feeds high in fiber
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Expected Progeny Differences
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3. a number estimate of breeding potential for characteristics such as gain, muscling and maternal and carcass traits
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Body condition score
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4. a number which describes the level of flesh or fat an animal possesses
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Gestation
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5. defined as the period of pregnancy in animals, or the time from conception to birth
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Colostrum
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6. filled with the antibodies from the cow, and paves the road for future health, immunity and survival of the calf
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Feedlots
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7. a segment of the beef cattle industry whose sole purpose is to feed and fatten cattle
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Beef packers
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8. harvest finished cattle which are purchased from feedlots and other outlets
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Rations
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9. a mixture of feedstuffs which provide a balanced diet containing high amounts of energy and protein needed for the optimum growth of the animal
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Nutrition
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10. the science that deals with foods and their effects on health
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Cow calf operations
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11. generally use purebred breeding stock in crossbreeding programs to produce commercial offspring
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Stocker operations
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12. purchase weanling calves from cow/calf producers and feed them out on pasture land
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Concentrates
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13. feeds high in energy and low in fiber
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Flight zone
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14. a cattle's safety zone
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Castration
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15. the removal of the testicles of a male animal
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Estrus
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16. defined as a regularly occurring state of sexual receptivity during which the female will accept the male and is when ovulation takes place
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Dystocia
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17. trouble giving birth
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Seed stock producers
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18. cow-calf producers which produce breeding stock for purebred or commercial operations
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Ruminants
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2. have a four compartment stomach
