ICEV - Animal Science Certification
Gestation length for Swine
114 days
Gestation length for sheep
147 days
Picture of the pig (face forward)....The picture below illustrates which of the following litter and pig number?
2 - 12
Fats and oils contain how many times more energy than carbohydrates?
2.25
Gestation length for chicken
22 days
Gestation length for cattle
283 days
Gestation length for a horse
336 days
If a lamp consumes 3 pounds of feed per day, about how many pounds of water should he consume?
6 to 15 lbs.
Which of the following is NOT grass hay?
Alfalfa
Which of the following is NOT an external parasite?
Ascarid
Ear tags are most often placed in which of the following parts of the animal?
Auricle
Which of the following types of syringes deliver large doses repeatedly?
Automatic
Which of the following disease pathogens multiply rapidly without a host?
Bacteria
What is the chicken's organ of prehension?
Beak
Which of the following minerals should be fed in larger amounts?
Calcium
What is the fiber produced from the undercoat of a goat's pelt?
Cashmere
Which of the following procedures uses a burdizzo?
Castration
Which of the following species are considered ruminant animals?
Cattle
The anatomy of the cow...the area of the butt or tail of the cow?
Caudal
Toe-punching is an identification method used for which of the following species?
Chicken
Which of the following species is NOT considered an ungulate?
Chicken
Which of the following breeding technologies utilizes gene banking?
Cloning
Diarrhea, straining, loss of appetite and fever are symptoms common with which of the following disease?
Coccidiosis
Which of the following digestive tract diseases most commonly affects horses?
Colic
What should newborn mammals consume immediately after birth?
Colostrum
Which of the following is the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization?
Conception
Which of the following is the most common and abundant cereal grain?
Corn
The anatomy of the cow....the area at the front of nose of the cow?
Cranial
In what molecule are genes located?
DNA
Which part of the skin houses the hair follicles?
Dermis
A mixture of feedstuffs used to supply nutrients to an animal is known as which of the following?
Diet
The anatomy of the cow....the area at the top of the cow?
Dorsal
Difficulty giving birth in cattle is referred to as which of the following?
Dystocia
Which of the following breeding methods utilizes a superior female to enhance genetics of a herd?
Embryo transfer
What is the technical term for overeating disease?
Entertoxemia
Which of the following terms is used to define the cyclic period of sexual receptivity in mammals?
Estrus
EPD stand for which of the following?
Expected Progency Difference
Which of the following swine operations farrows out and then sells the piglets at weaning?
Farrow-to-nursery
What is the term used when a sow or gilt gives birth to a litter of piglets?
Farrowing
When sows and gilts are ready to give birth, they are often placed in which of the following?
Farrowing crates
What is the ideal body condition score for breeding cattle?
Five
How many stomach compartments does a ruminant animal have?
Four
Which of the following is NOT a typical identification method for livestock animals?
GPS tracking
A castrated male horse is referred to as which of the following?
Gelding
What term is used to describe the length of time from conception to birth?
Gestation
A female pig which has yet to have a litter is referred to as which of the following?
Gilt
Who is the man considered to be responsible for the five basic rules of genetics?
Gregory Mendel
Which terms is used to define the process which brings about the similarities and differences between parents and offspring?
Heredity
Habronemia primarily affects which species?
Horse
Which of the following species would NOT have a reticular groove?
Horse
Which species has the longest gestation period?
Horse
The pancreas of a pig is used to create which of the following human medicines?
Insulin
A sheep younger than one year of age is known as which of the following?
Lamb
Fat rendered from pork carcasses is known as which of the following?
Lard
Bile is secreted from which of the following organs and is responsible for aiding in fat digestion?
Liver
Which of the following parasites live in the bile duct of the host?
Liver flukes
Intramuscular fat is more commonly referred to as which of the following?
Marbling
What is the primary determination of beef quality grades?
Marbling
Which of the following is NOT a determining factor when determining the yield grade of a carcass?
Maturity
Which of the following is used to determine the fineness, or grade, or wool?
Micron diameter
The process of giving birth is known as which of the following?
Partunition
Which of the following is used to document an animal's record of ancestory?
Pedigree
Depredation is the death of livestock due to which of the following?
Predators
Controlled Intravaginal Drug Release (CIDRs) devices release which of the following hormones in the bloodstreams of the females in an effort to synchronize estrus?
Progesterone
Soybean meal and cottonseed meal are usually fed to provide which of the following?
Protein
Which of the following breeding systems is designed to maximize hybrid vigor and produce replacement females through the rotation of different sire breeds?
Rotational crossbreeding
Which of the following dehorning methods is NOT preferred for cattle two months of age or younger?
Scoop dehorner
White muscle disease is a result of which of the following defeciencies?
Selenium
Monogastric animals are considered to have what type of stomach?
Simple stomachs
What is the correct term for a castrated bull?
Steer
Which of the following parasites are also called blood worms?
Strongyles
When evaluating breeding cattle, what is the most important selection trait?
Structural correctness
Which of the following is an injection given under the skin?
Subcutaneous
Which of the following methods of castration can only be used on swine?
Surgical
Which of the following species' organs most closely resemble those of a human?
Swine
in which of the common animal identification number systems is the birth year represented by a letter?
System 3
The removal of wool around the dock and mammary glands is known as which of the following?
Tagging
Which of the following best describes the phrase, "The knee is proximal to the ankle."
The knee is near the ankle.
The traditional weaning age of lambs is which of the following?
Three months
What is a common way to reference the gestation length of swine?
Three months, three weeks and three days
Which of the following nitrogen bases in NOT found in RNA?
Thymine
What is the primary goal of seedstock producers?
To produce breeding stock for purebred or commercial operations
Which of the following types of medicines are NOT generally given orally?
Vaccines
The anatomy of the cow....the area on the bottom or at the feet?q
Ventral
Which of the following is a management approach in which supply chains are united through a single owner?
Vertical integration
Which of the following is NOT a fat soluble vitamin?
Vitamin C
Which of the following is considered to be the most limiting nutrient?
Water
Vibrissae is the scientific term for which of the following?
Whiskers
Which of the following common sheep diseases causes the degeneration of muscles in lambs?
White muscle disease
Which of the following fencing types is most commonly used in the goat industry?
Woven Wire
Which of the following chromosome pairs would a normal female duck have?
ZW
Which of the following is a collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue?
abscess
Which of the following defines animal by products?
animal products used as ingredients in non-meat products
A chicken between the ages of six and eight weeks is known as which of the following?
broiler or fryer
What species is a heifer?
cattle
What does mastication mean?
chewing
What species is a pullet?
chicken
In reference to needles, gauge means which of the following?
diameter of the needle
For swine, what is considered the universal identification system?
ear notching
At what age should a calf be weaned?
eight to ten months of age
What species is a doe?
goat
What species is a filly?
horse
What species is a wether?
lamb
In freeze branding, the branding iron is chilled with which of the following?
liquid nitrogen
When compared to cow's milk, goat's milk is which of the following?
more easily digested by humans
Tail rubbing and scratching are common symptoms of which of the following parasites?
pinworms
The Humane Slaughter Act of 1958 excludes which of the following?
poultry
Which of the following is a side-effect of docking a lamb's tail too short?
rectal prolapse
Which of the following is required of sheep to be sold at federally approved interstate livestock auction?
scrapies tag
What is the term commonly used to describe a female in estrus?
standing heat
What species is a boar?
swine
