Livestock is the domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting. In most cases animals are raised on grasslands or rangelands, which are called pastures. Thus there is a direct connection between livestock and plants. Animals that have evolved under these conditions usually develop a genetic makeup that causes the animal to grow quickly. Not only do they grow quickly, but their digestive systems can handle a lot of roughage or fiber. These Livestock Questions And Answers with FREE PDF will help you in various competitive exam.

Livestock Questions And Answers

1. How do dairy producers improve the inherited ability of cattle to produce greater amounts of milk?

a) through culling

b) through tasting

c) through nutrition

d) through selection

Answer: through selection

2. What is the average length of standing heat?

a) 10 hours

b) 4 hours

c) 18 hours

d) 20 hours

Answer: 18 hours

3. What is the name of the milk sugar found only in milk?

a) Sucrose

b) Galactose

c) Lactose

d) Fructose

Answer: Lactose

4. What is the sire rating for milk of a sire with a predicted difference of above 2000?

a) super less

b) super extra

c) super

d) extra

Answer: super extra

5. What is the name of one of the 4 compartments of a ruminant’s stomach?

a) Rumen

b) Hind

c) Udder

d) Calf

Answer: Rumen

6. At what age can a heifer be bred?

a) 1 year

b) 2 year

c) 13- 15 months

d) 3-4 months

Answer: 13- 15 months

7. What is the name of cheese with holes?

a) cheddar

b) cottage

c) blue

d) swiss

Answer: swiss

8. What is a measure of the average additional pounds of milk and fat the bull will transmit to his daughters called?

a) Predicted difference

b) Age

c) Efficiency

d) Milking capacity

Answer: Predicted difference

9. How much does a bushel of shelled corn weigh?

a) 20 pounds

b) 30 pounds

c) 40 pounds

d) 50 pounds

Answer: 50 pounds

10. When should one start recording a heifers heat periods?

a) 2-3 months before she should be bred

b) 3-4 months before she should be bred

c) 4-5 months before she should be bred

d) 1-2 months before she should be bred

Answer: 2-3 months before she should be bred

11. Which of the following is not a variety of cheese?

a) blue

b) cheddar

c) buttery

d) cottage

Answer: buttery

12. What are the physical characteristics of a quality fore udder in a dairy cow?

a) Strongly and smoothly attached, moderate length and uniform width from front to rear

b) Slippery

c) Moldy

d) Shady

Answer: Strongly and smoothly attached, moderate length and uniform width from front to rear

13. What does PDCA stand for?

a) pure dairy culling association

b) Pure dairy cattle area

c) Purebred dairy cattle association

d) Plant dairy cattle area

Answer: Purebred dairy cattle association

14. What is a sign which tells that calving is near?

I. udder begin to swell

II. vulva becomes swollen and discharges present

III. area around tail head appears sunken

IV. heifer will lie down and strain

a) I and II

b) II and III

c) I only

d) I, II, III and IV

Answer: I, II, III and IV

15. If a cow is observed in heat in the morning, when should she be bred?

a) next morning

b) the afternoon the same day

c) the night the same day

d) the next afternoon

Answer: the afternoon the same day

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