| A | B |
|---|
| Texas | leading state for sheep |
| American Merino | Fine Wool Breed |
| Rambouillet | breed of sheep developed in France |
| Twelfth Rib | Backfat on lambs should measure 0.15 to 0.20 inches at the |
| 102.3 degrees F | normal average temperature for healthy sheep |
| 148 days | gestation time for sheep |
| none | visible sign of estrus in ewes is primarily |
| prime | quality grades NOT used for slaughter sheep |
| chorion | membrane extends around the embryo and lies next to the shell |
| yolk sac | main source of nutrients for the developing embryo |
| blastoderm | fertilized egg passes through the oviduct, cell division occ |
| washing eggs | not recommended for hatching eggs |
| ventilating a hatching egg setter | removes C02 and excess heat |
| Texas Longhorn | The first breed of cattle developed in Americas |
| Less than 1.00 | U.S. No. 1 swine carcasses average backfat thickness |
| finish | amount of fat covering found on a market steer |
| Charolais | first Continental breed to be imported in the U.S |
| foreflank | fourth primal cut of the swine carcass |
| dressing percent | weight of a chilled beef carcass compared to the live weight of the animal |
| phenotype | physical appearance of an animal |
| grass tetany | magnesium deficiency in lactating beef cattle can cause |
| Brucellosis | abortion of an immature fetus |
| Atrophic Rhinitis | disease caused by toxin-producing bacteria in swine affecting the bones in the turbinate bones in the snout, nasal passages and the tonsils in swine |
| Bloat | swollen abdomen on the left side, labored breathing, and profuse salivation: |
| Vitamin B | water-soluble |
| Johne’s disease | chronic infection of cattle that causes a thickening of the wall of the intestine: |
| intradermal injection | placement in the skin |
| colostrum | first milk produced by a ewe after parturition |
| prime | highest quality grade for steers and heifers |
| 75% | % of animals body that is water |
| Rumen | largest compartment of a ruminant stomach |
