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