Animal Science Breeds QUESTIONS
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ALREADY GRADED A+
breed known for high milk production; dominates US dairy industry
✔✔Holstein
has a yellow milk because the breed can't break down beta-carotene to
vitamin A ✔✔Guernsey
known for its ability as a dual purpose meat or dairy animal based on the strain
of genetics ✔✔Shorthorn
known for high milk fat percentage, often crossed with Holsteins as a result
✔✔Jersey
heavier boned, larger bodied breed related to Swiss beef cattle breeds
✔✔Brown Swiss
ewes can breed aseasonally; white faced meat breed that produces high
quality carcasses, can be horned or polled ✔✔Dorset
white long wool and not on head and legs, polled; moderate growth and
maturity, good in environmental conditions ✔✔Cheviot
can be all white or white with black head and has a mixture of wool and hair;
produce mutton and non-seasonally polyestrous ✔✔Dorper
, fine bone bodied ill shaped white breed known for multiple births or
accelerated schedule ✔✔Finnsheep
large, white polled sheep with clean legs and "rat" tail; produces a lot of milk
✔✔Friesian
White faced bred with clean (bare) head and leg; high muscle and large rib eye
✔✔Texel
heavy wool with long staple length, has wool cap and wool on legs; range
ability and moderate wool production ✔✔Targhee
White wool and black face, has a large frame with straight ear and wool cap;
growth and carcass quality with moderate wool quality ✔✔Hampshire
Navajo Churro ✔✔has hair instead of wool, colored; has horns; used by
Navajos for producing textiles
Rambouillet ✔✔white with horns although some polled strains; known for
wool production
Southdown ✔✔small with light brown face and wool on legs and muscular
carcass; medium wooled and adaptable to confinement.
Suffolk ✔✔bare and black face and legs with white wool body; large frame that
grows quickly
Polypay ✔✔white composite breed that has a small white cap; balance of
wool, growth, and maternal performance
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS
(100% CORRECT ANSWERS) /
ALREADY GRADED A+
breed known for high milk production; dominates US dairy industry
✔✔Holstein
has a yellow milk because the breed can't break down beta-carotene to
vitamin A ✔✔Guernsey
known for its ability as a dual purpose meat or dairy animal based on the strain
of genetics ✔✔Shorthorn
known for high milk fat percentage, often crossed with Holsteins as a result
✔✔Jersey
heavier boned, larger bodied breed related to Swiss beef cattle breeds
✔✔Brown Swiss
ewes can breed aseasonally; white faced meat breed that produces high
quality carcasses, can be horned or polled ✔✔Dorset
white long wool and not on head and legs, polled; moderate growth and
maturity, good in environmental conditions ✔✔Cheviot
can be all white or white with black head and has a mixture of wool and hair;
produce mutton and non-seasonally polyestrous ✔✔Dorper
, fine bone bodied ill shaped white breed known for multiple births or
accelerated schedule ✔✔Finnsheep
large, white polled sheep with clean legs and "rat" tail; produces a lot of milk
✔✔Friesian
White faced bred with clean (bare) head and leg; high muscle and large rib eye
✔✔Texel
heavy wool with long staple length, has wool cap and wool on legs; range
ability and moderate wool production ✔✔Targhee
White wool and black face, has a large frame with straight ear and wool cap;
growth and carcass quality with moderate wool quality ✔✔Hampshire
Navajo Churro ✔✔has hair instead of wool, colored; has horns; used by
Navajos for producing textiles
Rambouillet ✔✔white with horns although some polled strains; known for
wool production
Southdown ✔✔small with light brown face and wool on legs and muscular
carcass; medium wooled and adaptable to confinement.
Suffolk ✔✔bare and black face and legs with white wool body; large frame that
grows quickly
Polypay ✔✔white composite breed that has a small white cap; balance of
wool, growth, and maternal performance
