Transcript Livestock
Livestock Weeks 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14 Pre- test 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Name as many Livestock animals as you can? What is the Latin name for Cattle? What is the Latin name for Horses? What part of the animal do people eat? 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 Domestic Chicken Horse European Cattle Breeds Tropical Cattle Breeds Domestic Sheep Domestic Goat Domestic Swine Domestic Rabbit Anas platyrhyncha Gallus domesticus Equus caballus Bos taurus Bos indicus Ovis aries Capra hircus Sus scrofa 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 Red Angus Color comes from double recessive gene for color Black Angus No heat tolerance Great Muscles and Marbling Hereford Polled Hereford Naturally horn less Docile Great Meat Hereford Natural has horns (males and females) Docile (gentle) 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 Merino Rambouillet Medium wool (meat) Suffolk Dorset Long wool Leicester Long wool Lincoln Long wool Carpet wool breeds Elliottdale Romney Hair wool Pelibuey Barbados Goat Breeds • • • • • Dairy – milk, cheese, soap Meat – eaten worldwide Brush cleanup Pack – hikes Fiber – Mohair/Angora/Cashmere Dairy NIGERIAN DWARF NUBIAN Meat French Alpine La Mancha Brush Clean up ½ Nubian & ½ Alpine Pack Fiber (Mohair/Angora/Cashmere) Poultry