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Animal Science Review
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Agriculture
7th Grade
12/17/2012

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Pet
Definition
Domesticated animal kept for pleasure and companionship
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Livestock
Definition
Animals kept and raised for profit especially farm animals
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LIvestock uses
Definition
used for food or sold as breeding stock
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Thermoneutrality Zone
Definition
An animals comfort zone
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Factors affecting heat stress
Definition
species, breed, color, hair lenght, gender, stage of pregency, weight or age
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High humidity
Definition
can reduce performance in temperatures of 80 degrees or more
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Cold stress
Definition
Problem in Florida when hauling animals in cold weather
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Proventing cold stress
Definition
Block the wind and provide warm bedding
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To effectively handle animals
Definition
1 Understand the specie behavior
2 Design facilities to reduce stress
3 train people to use stress free techniques
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Flight Zone
Definition
A Safe distance for animals
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Point of balance
Definition
An animals' shoulder
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Follow the leader
Definition
Animals in a group following a single animal
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Blind spot
Definition
The area an animal cannot see
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NRC
Definition
Nation Research Council - responsible for animal nutrition standards
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Ration
Definition
24 hour allowance of food for a specific animal
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Diet
Definition
The material that makes up the animals food
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Balanced
Definition
A diet is adequet for the specific animal
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Free choice
Definition
Food is always available to the animals
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Basal Feeds
Definition
Grain and grain products that supply energy (carbohydrates or fats)
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Fat
Definition
Used in animal rations to supply energy and make pelleted feeds
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Supplements
Definition
a feed addatives to improve the nutritional value of feed
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Catabolism
Definition
Protein break down
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Anabolism
Definition
Manufacture of protein
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Dietary protein
Definition
Broken down into individual Amino Acids
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Protein absorption
Definition
Needs active transport before resynthesis
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Active transport
Definition
using energy to move against a concentration gradient
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Protein Deficiency symptoms
Definition
small, thin, Low serum levels, fatty liver and pot belly
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Protein
Definition
Most important nutrient
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Carbohydrates
Definition
1 have a daily requirement
2 in Natural foods
3 Glucose breaks into monosaccharides for absorption
4 absorbed in teh upper small intestine
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Ruminants
Definition
digestive system that produces fatty acids during fermentation
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Essential fatty acids
Definition
1 Cannot be produced must be in the diet
2 used for cell membranes and hormonal systems
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Carbohydrate deficiencies
Definition
skin sores, growth problems and reproductive failure
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5% of an animal's diet
Definition
amount of fats (lipids ) in the diets
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Fat soluable vitamins
Definition
Vitamins A,D,E,K
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Move Fat Soluable vitamins
Definition
Must have fat in the animal's diet
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Upper small intestine
Definition
where fat is aborbed
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Causes fat break down
Definition
Bile, Intestinal and Pancreatic secreations
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Ketosis
Definition
Condition causes by build up of keytones in the blood (loss of electrolytes K,Na in the blood)
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Symptoms of ketosis
Definition
Staggering,dehydration and foul breath
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Diabetes
Definition
Inheritated Disease caused by underproduction of enzyme Insulin
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Balanced ration
Definition
Has all nutrients the animal needs
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Palatable
Definition
Ration tastes good to the animal
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Economical ration
Definition
locally supplied diet that is inexpensive to mix
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Dry matter
Definition
feed with all the water removed
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As Fed
Definition
Feed just as it is from the bag
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Pearson square
Definition
Method to balance a ration that uses only a calculator
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Addative gene effect
Definition
a trait needs many genes to show the genetic pattern
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Nonaddative gene effect
Definition
one pair of genes express a trait
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Incomplete Dominance
Definition
One gene is not dominantr over another (get off spring half way between Mom and Dad
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Codominane
Definition
Both traits are fully expressed
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Sex linked
Definition
Traits that belong to one sex or another
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codon
Definition
Basic unit of genetics
Term
Gene Pairs
Definition
Two genes that control the same trait
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Dominant Gene
Definition
a gene that hides the effect of its partner (only one need be present)
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Recessive gene
Definition
A gene which trait is hidden when coupled with another gene (trait only expressed if both genes in a pair are recessive)
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Allele
Definition
one gene in a pair
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Punnett Square
Definition
A system that lists all possible genotypes in a cross
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Genotype
Definition
The actual arrangement of genes in a cross
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Phenotype
Definition
The traits an animal exhibits (what they look like)
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Homozygous
Definition
Two genes that are the same
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Heterozygous
Definition
two genes that are different
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Aquaculture
Definition
The farming of fresh water and amrine plants and animals
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Mariculture
Definition
The raising of saltwater (marine) organisms
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Aquaponics
Definition
production of plants and aquatic animals in a controlled environment
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Open aquatic system
Definition
Organisms raised in a natural system (usually floating nets)
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Closed aquatic systems
Definition
recirculation systems with water filter and treatment systems
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Extensive cultivation
Definition
Natural production with low density, low water exchange and no supplemental feed
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Intensive Cultivation
Definition
Maximum production, limited space, Complete diet and high water exchange
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Balance Sheet
Definition
gives a business a specific position at a specific moment in time
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Revenue
Definition
Money earned by the business also can be called income
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Expenses
Definition
Money being spent by the business
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Assets
Definition
Value of things owned by the business
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Liabilities
Definition
Monies owed by the business
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Profit
Definition
Money left over after the liabilities have been paid
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