Across
- 2. Packers harvest finished cattle which are purchased from feedlots and other outlets
- 4. segment of the beef cattle industry; sole purpose is to feed and fatten cattle
- 6. removal of the testicles of a male animal
- 7. trouble giving birth
- 8. with antibodies; paves the road for future health, immunity and survival of offspring
- 9. feeds high in energy and low in fiber
- 11. feeds high in fiber
- 13. purchase weanling calves from cow/calf producers and feed them out on pasture land
- 14. process of giving birth
- 15. animals with a four-compartment stomach
- 16. science which deals with food and its effects on health
- 17. mixture of feedstuffs
- 18. number which describes the level of flesh or fat an animal possesses
Down
- 1. cow/calf producers who produce breeding stock for purebred or commercial
- 3. cattle’s safety zone
- 5. number estimate of breeding potential for characteristics, such as gain, muscling and maternal and carcass traits
- 8. generally use purebred breeding stock in crossbreeding programs to produce commercial offspring
- 10. period of pregnancy in animals; time from conception to birth
- 12. regularly occurring state of sexual receptivity during which a female will accept a male; when ovulation takes place