ANSC Exam 1
Rank the following from first to last in the order of domestication - Answer -Dog → Sheep → Goats, Pigs,
& Cattle → Chickens → Horses
Which of the following has the highest annual growth rate when considering world distribution of
animals? - Answer -Cattle, Chickens, Horses, Pigs
The International Agency concerned with communication of animal diseases across trade partners is the
FAO. - Answer -False
Compared to the rest of the world the U.S. consumes more animal sourced energy and protein. - Answer
-True
Which country leads the world per capita for red meat and poultry production? - Answer -New Zealand
What type of meat is most widely consumed in the world? - Answer -Pork
Which animal sources make up 96% of the world's milk supply? - Answer -Buffalo, cow
Which country is the largest producer of table eggs? - Answer -China
Match the term with the correct species. - Answer -Heifer→ Bovine female
Doe→ Caprine female
, Wether→ Caprine male
Steer→ Bovine male
Match the term with the correct species. - Answer -Ewe→Ovine female
Wether→ Ovine male
Gilt→ Porcine female
Barrow→ Porcine male
Match the term with the correct species. - Answer -Pullet→ Galliformes
Queen→ Feline
Mare→ Equine female
Stallion→ Equine male
A virus is a single-celled organism. - Answer -False
A disease agent is called an antigen - Answer -True
Vaccines are used as preventatives of disease to build immunity to an antigen. - Answer -True
Which type of immunity is the first line of defense against an antigen? - Answer -Innate
Match the term with its definition - Answer -Castration→ Removal of the male testes
Spaying→ Removal of the female ovaries
Docking→ Removal of the tail
Donor→ Dam who's genetic offspring has been harvested
Recipient→ Female who receives another dam's genetic embryo
Clone→ An individual grown from a single somatic cell of its parent producing a genetically identical
offspring
Estrous → The entire reproductive cycle of the female
Rank the following from first to last in the order of domestication - Answer -Dog → Sheep → Goats, Pigs,
& Cattle → Chickens → Horses
Which of the following has the highest annual growth rate when considering world distribution of
animals? - Answer -Cattle, Chickens, Horses, Pigs
The International Agency concerned with communication of animal diseases across trade partners is the
FAO. - Answer -False
Compared to the rest of the world the U.S. consumes more animal sourced energy and protein. - Answer
-True
Which country leads the world per capita for red meat and poultry production? - Answer -New Zealand
What type of meat is most widely consumed in the world? - Answer -Pork
Which animal sources make up 96% of the world's milk supply? - Answer -Buffalo, cow
Which country is the largest producer of table eggs? - Answer -China
Match the term with the correct species. - Answer -Heifer→ Bovine female
Doe→ Caprine female
, Wether→ Caprine male
Steer→ Bovine male
Match the term with the correct species. - Answer -Ewe→Ovine female
Wether→ Ovine male
Gilt→ Porcine female
Barrow→ Porcine male
Match the term with the correct species. - Answer -Pullet→ Galliformes
Queen→ Feline
Mare→ Equine female
Stallion→ Equine male
A virus is a single-celled organism. - Answer -False
A disease agent is called an antigen - Answer -True
Vaccines are used as preventatives of disease to build immunity to an antigen. - Answer -True
Which type of immunity is the first line of defense against an antigen? - Answer -Innate
Match the term with its definition - Answer -Castration→ Removal of the male testes
Spaying→ Removal of the female ovaries
Docking→ Removal of the tail
Donor→ Dam who's genetic offspring has been harvested
Recipient→ Female who receives another dam's genetic embryo
Clone→ An individual grown from a single somatic cell of its parent producing a genetically identical
offspring
Estrous → The entire reproductive cycle of the female
