Across
- 3. number of days from heat to heat
- 6. cuts of meat broken down into retail cuts
- 7. fed in addition to grain to calves in feedlots
- 9. cattle typically raised in seedstock operations
- 10. inflammation of the udder
- 16. United States Department of Agriculture
- 17. is 283 days long in cattle
- 18. cuts of meat purchased by restaurants
- 19. the type of operation where most cattle are born
- 21. an animal that has four stomach chambers
- 22. intramuscular fat used for grading the quality of meat
- 23. chemical used to kill bacteria on a cows teats
- 24. the third type of operation in the beef cattle production cycle
- 25. another term for the days cows are not producing milk
Down
- 1. the type of operation that deals with finishing cattle
- 2. the cows system that produces milk
- 4. the type of operation that deals with improving genetics in herds
- 5. is produced by the mammary system
- 8. subfamily term for cattle
- 9. heat-treating the milk to kill harmful bacteria
- 11. is the top producing state of dairy cattle in the United States
- 12. ranked number 10 in beef production
- 13. 6-8 week old calf meat
- 14. beef trimmings and fat mixed together
- 15. when cattle have enough fat on their carcass
- 20. mothers first milk full of antibodies