Clone of Beef Cattle

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