Livestock Weeks 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14

Pre- test 1.Name as many Livestock animals as you can? 2.What is the Latin name for Cattle? 3.What is the Latin name for Horses? 4.What part of the animal do people eat? 5.Name one cattle disease?

Define Livestock animals kept for sale: animals raised for food or other products, or kept for use, especially farm animals such as meat and dairy cattle, horses, pigs, sheep, goats and poultry

Latin animal names Domestic Duck Anas platyrhyncha Domestic Chicken Gallus domesticus Horse Equus caballus European Cattle Breeds Bos taurus Tropical Cattle Breeds Bos indicus Domestic Sheep Ovis aries Domestic Goat Capra hircus Domestic Swine Sus scrofa Domestic Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus

Livestock Diseases Zoonotic Disease - refers to diseases that can be passed from animals, whether wild or domesticated, to humans. Your assignment is to get one of the diseases on the sheet and make a poster for the disease.

Anthrax Bacillus anthracis Cattle, sheep, goats, horses, wild herbivorous animals Worldwide; common in Africa, Asia, South America, eastern Europe Occupational exposure; food-borne in Africa, Russia, and Asia; occasionally wounds or insect bites; rarely airborne

Anthrax

Top 5 Beef Breeds Angus Hereford Gelbvieh Limousin Simmental

Angus Black Angus No heat tolerance Great Muscles and Marbling Red Angus Color comes from double recessive gene for color

Hereford Natural has horns (males and females) Docile (gentle) Great meat Polled Hereford Naturally horn less Docile Great Meat

Gelbvieh (Gelp –fee) Fast Growth Muscling Quiet temperament Marketable

Limousin Great Muscle Yellow around eye and muzzle Large animals

Simmental Heritable Great Mothers Thick with heavier musculature

Dairy Cattle Aryshire Brown Swiss Guernsey Holstein Jersey

Aryshire Originated in Scotland Originally known as the Dunlop Color: red and white Good feet and legs, Excels in udder conformation Medium-sized frame

Brown Swiss Originated in Switzerland Because of foot and mouth disease, only 3 have been imported since 1906 Good temperament and strong feet and legs Color: gray or light brown to dark brown

Guernsey Originated from the Isle of Guernsey Known for high quality (high fat and protein content) milk while consuming less feed Intermediate frame

Holstein Originated in Netherlands Large frame Color: black and white or red and white Known for outstanding milk production

Jersey Originated from the Isle of Jersey (small British isle) Color: very light gray to dark brown or almost black Known for high milk fat Wide-range of body weight; typically smaller-framed

Swine Breeds Berkshire Duroc Hampshire Poland China Yorkshire

Objective Know the five main swine breeds of the US Be able to describe what they look like Tell where they are from Be able to tell what type they are

Berkshire England US breed in 1875 Meat Type Black body with six white points Erect Ears

Duroc USA US breed 1957 Meat Type Gold to dark Red, Droopy Ears

Hampshire USA US breed1893 Meat Type Black with white belt around body and front leg, erect ears

Poland China USA US breed 1876 Meat Type Black, Six white points, droopy ears

Yorkshire England US breed 1935 Mother Type White, erect ears

Sheep Sheep are classified by body covering Fine wool – Merino (100%) Medium wool – ¼, 3/8 & ½ blood Long wood – coarse, strong, luster (grows 12”/year) Carpet wool – lowest quality Hair – straight, non-elastic & glossy

Fine wool MerinoRambouillet

Medium wool (meat) SuffolkDorset

Long wool Leicester Long woolLincoln Long wool

Carpet wool breeds ElliottdaleRomney

Hair wool PelibueyBarbados

Goat Breeds Dairy – milk, cheese, soap Meat – eaten worldwide Brush cleanup Pack – hikes Fiber – Mohair/Angora/Cashmere

Dairy NIGERIAN DWARFNUBIAN

Meat French AlpineLa Mancha

Brush Clean up ½ Nubian & ½ Alpine

Pack

Fiber (Mohair/Angora/Cashmere)

Poultry