Feedlot Study Guide Practice Test.

Feedlot Study Guide Practice Test. What are Beef Quality Assurance Programs (BQA) and what is their relevance? What are some components that would go into beef quality assurance in a feedyard? - correct answer Beef quality assurance programs are standards/practices that help contribute to the overall consistency, safety, quality of beef produced by many different people. Some componenets of a BQA program would be animal handling, bunk management, documentation of health treatments, etc. Though BQA are not mandated, do many feedyards provide some type of training? - correct answer Yes, some feedlots will provide training in one or more of the aforementioned BQA practices. Who is responsible for developing BQA guidelines? - correct answer BQA guidelines are created by national and local producer organizations with the help of producers/ individuals in the cattle industry. The guidelines can be created for many reasons, some of them being; in order to improve product quality, abide by government regulations(veterinary feed directive), or because of social pressures. (natural, humane treatment, etc.) Describe the role of the consulting nutritionist. - correct answer A consulting nutritionist is hired to influence management decisions within feedlots. Nutritionists look at ration makeup to determine what is best suited for each feedlot. Ultimately, their goal is to increase production while decreasing costs. This can be through the addition of production enhancing technologies, or through the adjustment of feedstuffs incorporated in diets. According to Dr. Turgeon, what are the 5 R's of cattle feeding, and of those 5 R's, which is the most important? - correct answer Right feed, right pen, right amount, right TIME (+/- 5 min) , right way What is the most important metric for evaluating cattle feeding profitability? - correct answer Feed cost/ kg of BW gain - by using technologies you can reduce days on feed (feed costs are higher, but added production makes it profitable) Why is roughage level dictated by management capabilities within a feedyard? - correct answer Roughages are not easy to handle or mix into rations constantly. Furthermore, roughages are very high in starch. Because of this, feeding low roughage levels in rations can result in acidosis in feedlot cattle. The only way then to feed high levels of roughage without acidosis onset would be to monitor bunks consistently. In order to manage and read all of those bunks you would need skilled bunk readers, and a lot of them. Therefore, roughage level is often dictated by management capabilities.