Beef Cattle
Across
- 3. percentage of boneless, trimmed and saleable meat (muscle) versus the percentage of waste fat
- 6. when two copies of the same gene are passed through mating and can either be two dominant traits or two recessive traits
- 7. livestock which are calm, not aggressive and are easily trained and handled
- 9. popular method of raising cattle in which the cow herd is kept to produce calves for later sale
- 10. capability for livestock to stay strong and healthy especially during unfavorable conditions
- 11. animal which provides at least two kinds of resources
- 15. refers to an animal or operation which is being used or produced solely for the production of a resource, most often meat (muscle)
- 16. ability to produce offspring in abundance
- 17. EPD (expected progeny difference) which estimates the ease of a heifer having a calve
- 18. measure of how the animal will perform and hold up in production
- 19. another name for a bovine’s tail
- 20. young female cow who has not had young
- 23. physical formation especially pertaining to the shape and structure of an animal
- 24. refers to cattle which are one hundred percent purebred
Down
- 1. absence of horns in livestock
- 2. refers to an abnormal or difficult birth
- 4. result of a mating where the offspring shows qualities superior to those of both parents
- 5. scientific name for Zebus cattle which consist of many breeds who originate from India; characterized by a hump, drooping ears and a large dewlap; are highly adapted to high temperatures
- 7. female parent of a domestic animal
- 8. animals ability to efficiently preform the sustainable basic function and most commonly related to growth
- 9. program which breeds two animals of different breeds, varieties or populations in an effort to increase hybrid vigor
- 12. animal who has a pure and proven lineage and is most often registered
- 13. uncastrated male bovine
- 14. male parent of a domestic animal
- 21. refers to something which hangs down loosely and mostly commonly used to describe sheath's in American influenced cattle
- 22. anything related to the mother or the mother’s side of the mating