Across
- 5. an animal of mixed breeding or whose lineage is unknown is called
- 7. the period of time after a drug is administered to an animal that the milk or meat from the animal must not be used for human food.
- 10. a recurring period of sexual receptivity and fertility in many female mammals; heat.
- 11. a cow not currently milking which remains out of the milking herd for periods lasting around 40 - 60 days is a...
- 13. mature female cattle
- 14. a plot of land on which livestock are fattened for market
- 16. the bacterial infection that is the most economically important disorder to effect dairy cows.
- 20. breed traditionally used for both meat and milk
- 21. young/baby cow
- 23. an animal that has ancestors of known lineage that have been registered by a breed association are called
- 25. removal or destruction of the testicles of a male so that it can not breed
- 27. desiring presence of fat in the muscle
- 28. castrated male cattle
- 29. the large holding device, where all milk is pumped and kept cool until a tanker truck arrives to ship the milk is...
Down
- 1. permanently removing a cow from the herd is called...
- 2. the term for the father of a calf
- 3. born without horns
- 4. meat from a young bovine animal that is usually less than four months of age
- 6. a cow's ability to convert feed into milk is referred to as...
- 8. the proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes
- 9. meat from cattle that have undergone a significant grain feeding
- 12. a management unit that maintains a breeding herd of cows and produces weaned calves for sale
- 15. the process of removing horns from horned breeds of cattle
- 17. chemicals used to control worms or deworm animals
- 18. a male bovine that has been castrated after reaching sexual maturity
- 19. animals with four chambered stomachs
- 22. a young immature female cattle
- 24. the term for the mother of a calf
- 26. gestation period of cattle
- 29. intact male bovine