Beef Cattle

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