Quiz #5- Breed Types of Livestock

Family tree for a particular animal usually in the form of a chart

• pedigree

• breed

• cross breeding

• inbreeding

• mixed breeding

Genetically determined characteristic or feature

• trait

• cross breeding

• breed

• inbreeding

• mixed breeding

Breeding of parent-offspring, sibling-sibling, or similar to increase desired traits

• breed

• inbreeding

• mixed breeding

• cross breeding

• pedigree

Sire and dam of the same breed providing traits matching the breed standard

• mixed breeding

• purebred

• Straight breeding

• cross breeding

• inbreeding

Similar to crossbreeding but no strict adherence to fixed breed ratios

• cross breeding

• breed

• inbreeding

• pedigree

• mixed breeding

Group of animals within a species defined by a set of distinguishable traits that pass uniformly to their offspring

• mixed breeding

• cross breeding

• pedigree

• breed

• inbreeding

Offspring from a male and female of the same breed

• cross breeding

• mixed breeding

• Purebred

• inbreeding

• straight breeding

Combination of two or more breeds in very controlled ratios

• cross breeding

• breed

• mixed breeding

• pedigree

• inbreeding

Traits that respond slowly to selection due to the environment and not genetics are called lowly heritable traits.

• True

• False

Breeding several generations to combine desirable traits of two or more breeds is counter breeding.

• True

• False