Trivia Quiz on Animal Husbandry

1. What is a group of mares

A) Herd

B) Stud

C) Band

D) Stable

E) Flock

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2. Who might use ruddle or what is it

A) A red pigment used by painters

B) A marking dye for cattle

C) A chalk used to mark road lines

D) Shepherds dye marking sheep

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3. What do you call a female calf

A) Cow

B) Filly

C) Calf

D) Heifer

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4. What is a chemically castrated cock called

A) Rooster

B) Hen

C) Capon

D) Cockerel

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5. All commercially bred turkeys are what

A) Naturally fertilized by toms in pairs

B) Raised without any growth hormones

C) Artificially Inseminated – males oversized

D) Raised in free-range farms with no confinement

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6. What is defined as "The fruit of the oak, beech, chestnut, and other forest trees, on which swine feed"

A) Acorn

B) Nut

C) Beechnut

D) Mast

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7. A breed of black and white dairy cattle

A) Holstein

B) Dutch Belted

C) Guernsey

D) Friesian

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8. What is a female calf called?

A) calf

B) Heifer

C) cow

D) steer

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9. What part of a horse would you look at to determine its age

A) Hoof

B) Eyes

C) Teeth

D) Mane

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10. What is a baby rooster

A) Chick

B) Pullet

C) Cockerel

D) Rooster

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11. If you were doing vaccimulgence what doing

A) Herding cattle

B) Milking a goat

C) Collecting eggs

D) Milking a cow

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12. Which Country Boasts The Most Goats In The World

A) India

B) China

C) Bangladesh

D) Nigeria

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13. What is an emasculated stallion called

A) Stallion

B) Colt

C) Stud

D) Gelding

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14. Cattle branding was practiced 4,000 years ago. Old tomb paintings show __________ branding their fat, spotted cattle.

A) Sumerians

B) Egyptians

C) Babylonians

D) Romans

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15. Term for an emasculated male pig

A) Barrow

B) Boar

C) Hog

D) Sow

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16. What is a male swine called

A) Sow

B) Gilt

C) Barrow

D) Boar

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17. What name is given to a female calf

A) Cow

B) Calf

C) Heifer

D) Steer

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18. Almost half the pigs in the world are kept by farmers in __________

A) USA

B) Spain

C) China

D) Brazil

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19. Ergonomic waterbeds are the latest must_have on the bovine circuit. The beds, listed at $175 each, are said to enhance cattle health by reducing __________

A) bone fractures

B) hoof ulcers

C) Joint damage

D) muscle atrophy

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20. What Are Aberdeen Angus?

A) Dogs

B) Sheep

C) Cattle

D) Pigs

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21. What is a word for a castrated ram?

A) Wether

B) Ram

C) Ewe

D) Lamb

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22. What word is used for a male ass (Other than that the word used for that

A) Stallion

B) Buck

C) Boar

D) Jack

E) Jack

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23. A __________ will lay bigger and stronger eggs if you change the lighting in such a way as to make them think a day is 28 hours long.

A) Duck

B) Chicken

C) Turkey

D) Quail

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24. Goats generally need their __________ trimmed once a month.

A) Horns

B) Beards

C) Hoofs

D) Ears

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25. What word is used for a female sheep

A) Ram

B) Lamb

C) Dam

D) Ewe

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26. What name is given to a female calf?

A) Heifer

B) Calf

C) Filly

D) Cow

E) Ewe

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27. A good milking cow will give nearly 6,000 quarts of __________ every year.

A) Cream

B) Butter

C) Milk

D) Cheese

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28. A male __________ that has been neutered is known as a "wether."

A) Cow

B) Horse

C) Goat

D) Pig

E) Donkey

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29. All cows are females; the males are called __________

A) Steers

B) Oxen

C) Bulls

D) Stags

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30. In one year, hens in America lay enough eggs to encircle the globe a __________

A) 100 times

B) 50 times

C) 200 times

D) 75 times

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31. Greek Feta cheese is made from the milk of which animal?

A) Goat

B) Cow

C) Ewe

D) Buffalo

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32. Often eaten for breakfast, the egg comes from what barnyard animal

A) Duck

B) Goose

C) Turkey

D) Chicken

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33. What name is given to a cockerel that is castrated and fattened for the table?

A) broiler

B) Capon

C) hen

D) pullet

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