Chapter 14 Livestock

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Across
  1. 4. removing the horns on an animal.
  2. 5. Meat from a sheep over a year old
  3. 6. meat from cattle; cattle used to produce meat.
  4. 8. removing the male testicles.
  5. 11. caring for an animal so all its needs are met and it does not suffer.
  6. 12. The meat industry that produces 3/4 of the economy
  7. 16. 14.2 hands or taller
  8. 18. ration a ration that contains all of the nutrients an animal needs in correct proportions.
  9. 20. Produced in the first phase of the industry
  10. 22. What is raised in all 50 states?
Down
  1. 1. the birth of piglets.
  2. 2. animal that has parents with different characteristics. Offspring have the best qualities of both parents.
  3. 3. Fed a high-concentrate ration
  4. 7. Second phase where calves are produced
  5. 8. muscles and bones of a slaughtered animal.
  6. 9. Step between the weaning of the calves and the finishing or fattening
  7. 10. a secondary product from the slaughter of animals , such as hides, hair, and hooves.
  8. 13. Father
  9. 14. A crossbreed between a horse and a horse
  10. 15. Under 14.2 hands
  11. 17. removing the tail, especially with young lambs.
  12. 18. animals within a species that have been bred for specific qualities that are distinctive and consistent.
  13. 19. Mother
  14. 21. Meat from a sheep less than a year old