cows - Crossword Labs

1. an uncastrated male bovine animal.
2. this means you are giving the cow a number so you can tell it apart from the other
3. this means you are looking for something in nature to eat
6. tag A plastic or metal object used for identification
10. the mating and production of offspring by animals
11. eas estimates of genetic differences between animals in the ability of their 2-year-old daughters to calve without assistance.Dam- the farther of an animal
12. killing the cow for their meat
14. this is food to fead a cow during a dry season
15. cows need this to surrvive so they wont die of freezing
17. means that you are injecting the cow with disease to build imunity
19. weight the weight of a baby at birth.
20. a cow that has been bred to be either a milk or cow breed
21. worming a cow means that you are getting rid of internal parasites
22. this is feed that is high in fiber

1. a beef production system that involves maximal use of pasture and forages from the time calves are weaned until they are placed in a feedlot
4. beef checkoff is a national marketing and research program designed to increase the demand for beef at home and abroad
5. standard a description of the characteristics of a hypothetical or ideal example of a breed
7. these are things that cows lick/Salt block filled with multipull diffrant seeds and nutrients
8. is a person who buys cows for slauter
9. The finishing period is when beef animals are fed an energy-dense diet so that they will grow rapidly and add muscle/meat to their frame and optimize fat cover in preparation for slaughter. Killing something for food
10. procedures intended to protect humans or animals against disease or harmful biological agents.
13. this is the organ we get milk from
16. give birth to a calf.
18. bunk a long trough for feeding cattle.
19. quality assurance a program that provides systematic information to U.S. beef producers of how good husbandry techniques can be coupled with accepted scientific knowledge to raise cattle