ANSC 107 Exam 2 Tamu Questions With Expert
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Which substance stores oxygen and determines color? - ✔✔myoglobin
What is the ideal pH of meat? - ✔✔5.6
What 6 factors influence carcass value? - ✔✔dressing percent, fatness, marbling, muscling, weight, age
How is dressing percent calculated? - ✔✔(carcass weight/live weight) x 100
In what 4 ways does an animal's shape change as it gets fatter? - ✔✔it becomes squarer, deeper
bodied, smoother in muscle, and wider
What portion of value of hogs, cattle, and sheep are by-products? - ✔✔hogs 7%, cattle 13%, sheep 9-
12%
How is yield grade calculated in lamb? - ✔✔YG=0.4+(10 x adjusted fat thickness)
inbreeding depression - ✔✔loss of vigor that usually accompanies inbreeding
line breeding - ✔✔mild form of inbreeding where inbreeding is kept low
strain crossing - ✔✔crossing two similar strains
, pathology - ✔✔study of the essential nature of the disease
etiology - ✔✔study of the cause of the disease
passive immunity - ✔✔passed from mother to offspring
active immunity - ✔✔developed from exposure
What is the body temperature of cattle? - ✔✔101.5
What is the body temperature of sheep and goats? - ✔✔102
What is the body temperature of pigs? - ✔✔102
What is the body temperature of dogs? - ✔✔102
What is the body temperature of cats? - ✔✔101.5
What is the body temperature of horses? - ✔✔100
What trait has the highest economic importance? - ✔✔productive performance
What are the 6 identification systems? - ✔✔branding, ear tagging, ear notching, tattoo,
microchip, retinal scanning
What records should be kept for beef? - ✔✔birth, weaning, and yearling weight, yearling
scrotal measurement, parents, birth date
Solutions |Updated & Verified
Which substance stores oxygen and determines color? - ✔✔myoglobin
What is the ideal pH of meat? - ✔✔5.6
What 6 factors influence carcass value? - ✔✔dressing percent, fatness, marbling, muscling, weight, age
How is dressing percent calculated? - ✔✔(carcass weight/live weight) x 100
In what 4 ways does an animal's shape change as it gets fatter? - ✔✔it becomes squarer, deeper
bodied, smoother in muscle, and wider
What portion of value of hogs, cattle, and sheep are by-products? - ✔✔hogs 7%, cattle 13%, sheep 9-
12%
How is yield grade calculated in lamb? - ✔✔YG=0.4+(10 x adjusted fat thickness)
inbreeding depression - ✔✔loss of vigor that usually accompanies inbreeding
line breeding - ✔✔mild form of inbreeding where inbreeding is kept low
strain crossing - ✔✔crossing two similar strains
, pathology - ✔✔study of the essential nature of the disease
etiology - ✔✔study of the cause of the disease
passive immunity - ✔✔passed from mother to offspring
active immunity - ✔✔developed from exposure
What is the body temperature of cattle? - ✔✔101.5
What is the body temperature of sheep and goats? - ✔✔102
What is the body temperature of pigs? - ✔✔102
What is the body temperature of dogs? - ✔✔102
What is the body temperature of cats? - ✔✔101.5
What is the body temperature of horses? - ✔✔100
What trait has the highest economic importance? - ✔✔productive performance
What are the 6 identification systems? - ✔✔branding, ear tagging, ear notching, tattoo,
microchip, retinal scanning
What records should be kept for beef? - ✔✔birth, weaning, and yearling weight, yearling
scrotal measurement, parents, birth date
