Ag Apps 4.01 and 4.02

The BEST way to improve hybrid vigor in swine production is to cross:

• Brothers and sisters in the same litter.
• Pigs from the litter with their parents.
• Purebred boars to purebred sows.
• Purebred boars to crossbred sows.

Holsteins are black and white cattle that are BEST known as:

• A small breed of cattle
• The major dairy breed of cattle in the US
• An exotic breed of heat tolerant cattle.
• The most used show cattle in America.

Broilers are a type of chicken that are MOST often used for:

• Fighting
• Laying eggs
• Meat production
• Show

The Angus is BEST known for its:

• Black color and high quality meat
• Hump and heat tolerance
• Large calves and fast growth rate
• Large size and leaner meat

A breed of cattle with black and white markings clearly defined is:

• Yorkshire
• Hampshire
• Holstein
• Dorset

Purebred breeders use high quality boars as a MAJOR way to:

• Decrease the influence of marketing on prices
• Improve genetic makeup of one breed of swine
• Increase body fat on hogs
• Reduce hyrbid vigor

A breed of cattle that is red with a white face and raised primarily for beef production is:

• Angus
• Brahman
• Hereford
• Charolais

The consumer demands hogs today are:

• Able to grown without being fed grain
• Fat type hogs that produce lard for cooking
• Good for soap production
• Lean type hogs for meat production

What is the MAJOR use for the Broad Breasted White?

• Bantam show hens
• Commercial turkey production
• Home egg production
• Meat production

An economic advantage for using exotic breeds of beef cattle is their:

• Fast growing calves
• Lightweight calves
• Large size calves
• Production of twin calves