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Ag-science fundamentals
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- 1....... are b/w dairy breed with high milk yieldholstein-fresian
- 2.... is a red and white dual purpose breedSimmental
- 3Cattle are housed in Nov 1st at ..... kg200
- 4dairy heifers are first inseminated in may at.... kg when they are .... months old300 kg
15 months - 5beef cattle are slaughtered at....kg550
- 6steaming up happens ..... weeks before calving10
- 7Steaming up: begin feeding nuts at....kg increase to ......kg2kg, 6kg
- 8Composition of milk: ...% fat, ...% protein, ...% lactose, ...% mineral (8.7 SNF)4% fat, 3.2% protein, 4.7% lactose,
0.8% mineral - 9____-____ young ____ calves grazing before older animalsLeader-follower, weaned
- 10Outdoor pigsDuroc, Saddleback, Pietrain
- 11Creep area just outside the farrowing crate should be kept at __degrees celsius28
- 12Bonhams are weaned at __ weeks when they reach __Kg5 weeks, 9kg
- 13Weaner house is kept at __ degrees celsius24
- 14Weaners are fed a ration of __% protein and __% lysine15% protein and 0.8% lysine
- 15pigs are slaughtered at __KG82KG
- 16fattener house is kept at __ degrees celsius22 degrees
- 17fatteners are fed a ration of __% protein and __% lysine15% protein and 0.8% lysine
- 18Ewes oestrus cycle -every _ days for __ hours from ____ to februaryevery 17 days for 36 hours from september to february
- 19Ewes gestation period5 months (149 days )
- 20Sheep slaughter weight and age40 kg and 5 months old
- 21Age at which mountain sheep are culled for age at5 years
- 22Low land uses a ______ rampurebred
- 23A ______ ewe is a crossbreed between the prolific border leicester and the blackface mountainGreyface
- 24putting ewes from a low plane of nutrition to a high plane before insemination is called??flushing
- 25sponging uses a ________ spongeprogesterone
- 26steaming up happens __ weeks before ______6 weeks before lambing
- 27steaming up prevents ________pregnancy toxaemia
- 28The weight at which lambs are slaughtered at40kg
- 29Phylum _______ e.g. babesis bovisprotozoa
- 30Phylum _______ e.g. liver flukeplatyhelminthes
- 31Phylum _______ e.g. eelworm, lungwormNematoda
- 32Phylum _______ e.g. earthwormannelida
- 33Phylum _______ e.g. mudsnail, slugmollusca
- 34Phylum _______ classes arachnida and insectaarthropoda
- 35Life cycle of a liver flukeAdult (in cow) - eggs in poo - miracidium - snail is secondary host - redia - cercaria - cyst
- 36life cycle of cabbage white butterfly (______ metamorphosis)Egg - caterpillar - pupa - butterfly
complete metamorphosis - 37life cycle of greenfly (______ metamorphosis)Egg - Nymph - Adult
Incomplete metamorphosis - 38The lungs are involved in ____gas exchange
- 39the trachea is in thethroat
- 40the first part of the small intestine is?duodenum
- 41the part of the brain involved in muscle memory is?cerebellum
- 42the left ventricle pumps blood around the body using the ____aorta
- 43female reproductive system (from top down)ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina
- 44Parts of the ruminant stomachRumen, reticulum, omasum, abomasum
- 45role of rumendigest fibre and produces protein
- 46role of the reticulumregurgitate cud
- 47role of omasumsqueeze food and absorb protein
- 48role of abomasumsecrete enzymes, digest protein
- 49calves only use the ___abomasum
- 50Humans and pigs are _____ animalsmonogastric
- 51certified potatoes have no ____ or _____ viruseelworm, leaf-roll
- 52potatoes need a pH of?5.5
- 53plant earlies e.g. ______ in _____homeguard, february
- 542nd earlies e.g. _______british queen
- 55plough to depth of ____. power harrow, _____, drill20, stone removal
- 56bacterial disease of potatoesblack leg
- 57potatoes yields: first earlies=___ 2nd=___ maincrop=___10t
20t
40T - 58barley certified seed; ___%germination rate,____%pure85%, 98%
- 59Barley needs a pH of?6.5
- 60Winter barley sown on (date)?1st october
- 61white patches on barley leaves are a result of powdery _____ fungusmildew
- 62selective herbicides are used to kill ______ weedsbroad-leaf
- 63kale can be used as a winter _____ crop, usually ___ grazedforage, strip
- 64kale should be limited to ___% or less of an animals diet30%
- 65what breed of tree is most commercially grown in IrelandSitka Spruce
- 66what is used to collect flying insectsswap net
- 67silage DMD when being cut (%)75%
- 68grass, cereal, monocot (family)graminea
- 69florets, dandelion, rag (family)compositae
- 70cross, cabbage (family)crucifrea
- 71rhizobium, clover, gorse (family)leguminosae
- 72Dock (family)polygonaceae
- 73spud (family)solanaceae
- 74carrot (family)umbelliferae
- 75nettle (family)urticascia
- 76rose & fruit (family)rosacea
- 77Onion, monocot (family)liliaceae
- 78buttercup (family)ranunculaceae
- 79beet (family)chenopodiaceae
- 80clovers root nodules converts N2 toNO3
- 81clover is quite high inprotein
- 82item used to transfer bacteria to an agar plateinoculating loop
- 83______ solution (copper sulfate + sodium hydroxide) tests for protein (blue to lilac)Biuret
- 84_____ tests for vitamin C (blue to colourless)DCPIP
- 85lack of cobalt causes ____ in sheeppine
- 86Chemical weathering includes: ______ (rock dissolves in water) _____ (acid rain)solution
carbonation - 87soil _____ is the way soil particles and cements are put togetherstructure
- 88soil structure is improved by liming (causes ______) and ________ & separationflocculation, cementation
- 89a podzol is an example of a soil ______profile
- 90soil profile layers : O- _______ layer is peaty and waterlogged A-_____ is leached B-_____ has an iron pan C- bedrockorganic
topsoil
subsoil - 91_____ cells have the normal number of chromosomesDiploid
- 92_____ cells have half the normal number of chromosomesHaploid
- 93A _____ is the unit of inheritanceGene
- 94an _____ is an alternative form of gene e.g. red hair, brown hairallele
- 95_______ dominance (co-dominance) is where neither allele is dominantincomplete
- 96_________ is when both alleles for a trait are different (Tt)heterozygous
- 97________ is when both alleles for a trait are the same (tt)homozygous
- 98_____ testing is when you test the calves of a bull against another bulls calves. e.g. for milk yieldprogeny
- 99_____ testing is comparing two bulls against each other e.g. for aggressionperformance