Livestock Breeding Systems Test Answers Animal Science

The composite breeding system combines desirable traits of how many breeds of cattle?

Two or more

What is the process by which semen from the male is placed in the reproduction tract of the female through methods other than natural service?

Artificial Insemination

What is the value of an animal as a parent?

Breeding value

What is hybrid vigor?

Crossbred offspring exceeds the average of the two parental breeds

What type of breeding system is designed to take advantage of both hybrid vigor and breeding value?

Crossbreeding

Which system is the mating of animals of different breeds?

Crossbreeding

Which of the following is NOT considered an advantage of embryo transfer?

Fast way to acquire offspring for progeny testing

In a static crossbreeding system, which of the following is true regarding replacement females?

Produced in a rotational crossbreeding system

How does the modified static system differ from the static system?

Produces replacement females

In which type of crossbreeding system must replacement females be purchased from or produced in a separate environment?

Static crossbreeding system

This Beefmaster was achieved through crossbreeding. What do we call this type of "pure bred"?

Hybrid

If you chose grading up as the method of breeding for your operation, what generation would you see the most evidence of improvement?

4th generation

Which of the following is NOT a step when designing a breeding program?

Choosing offspring

Pen( or big field) mating is mostly used by which of the following?

Commercial Producers

For which of the following EPD figures is a negative number more desirable?

Days to 250 and Backfat

Which of the following is NOT a way to select parents in a breeding program?

Grading up

Which system consists of breeding purebred sires to commercial females?

Grading up

What method of breeding is used to develop specialized "lines" of animals?

Inbreeding

What two types of breeding systems are generally used by individuals in the purebred industry?

Inbreeding and linebreeding

What is the proper term for the measure of how inbred an animal is?

Inbreeding coefficient

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of artificial insemination?

Increases the number of sires needed

Which of the following is NOT a result of inbreeding?

Noticeable improvement of fourth generation

What is the first step in the process of AI?

Select the bull

What is the first step in developing a breeding program?

Setting Goals

Selection of which parent is more important when a producer is developing a breeding program?

Sire Selection