Vet 211 Topic 9 review

What is a Heifer?

• A young animal

• A female older than 30 months old or has given birth

• A female who has not given birth and is less than 30 months old

• An intact male

A cow is a?

• A young animal

• A female who has not given birth and is less than 30 months old

• A female who is older than 30 months old or has given birth

• An intact male

A steer is a

• Intact male

• A young animal

• Castrated male that is older than 4 years old

• Castrated male who is less than 4 years old

The most popular dairy cow in the world is?

• The Holstein

• The Texas Longhorn

• The Brown Swiss

• The Herford

Cattle are

• Monogastric

• True Ruminants

• Functional Ruminants

• Diagastric

Which is not part of a bovines stomach

• Rumen

• Ramen

• Reticulum

• Abomasum

Do cattle have top incisors?

• Yes, they do

• No, they do not

Match the following

• Rumen

• The largest compartment that has a papillae lining

• Abomasum

• Globe-shaped structure containing leaves of tissue

• Omasum

• The honeycomb. This also traps anything the cow shouldn't have eaten

• Reticulum

• The true glandular stomach. The only compartment that is lined with glands

A calf's largest stomach compartment is the...

What part of the four stomachs does not function when a cow is a calf?