Animal Science
- Name four breeds of livestock in each of the following
classifications: horses, dairy cattle, beef cattle,
sheep, hogs. Tell their principal uses and merits. Tell
where the breeds originated.
- List the principal diseases in your area that afflict
the animals in each classification. Describe the
symptoms and explain the proper treatment for the
diseases you list.
- Explain the major differences in digestive systems or
ruminant and nonruminant animals.
- Tell how you would properly manage a cow, sheep, horse,
or hog, including adequate feeding. Tell what must be
done to prevent illness, blemishes, defects, and disease
arising from improper and unsanitary conditions.
- Tell about three career opportunities in livestock
production.
- Complete ONE of the following options:
Dairying Option
- Tell how a cow or goat converts forage and
grain into milk.
- Make a chart showing the ingredients in cows'
milk or goat's milk. Chart the amount of each.
- Tell the difference between certified and
pasteurized milk. Tell how milk is pasteurized.
- Tell about the kinds of equipment and health
standards for dairy farms.
- Visit a dairy farm or milk processing plant.
Tell about your visit.
Beef Cattle Option
- Visit a farm or ranch where beef cattle are
produced under any of these systems:
- feeding market cattle for slaughter;
- producing feeder cattle for sale to commercial
cattle feeders;
- producing purebred cattle for sale as breeding
stock to other breeders.
Talk with the operator. Tell how the cattle
were handled, fed, weighed, and shipped.
- Sketch a plan of a feedlot, hay and grain
storage facilities, and loading chute for 30 or
more fattening steers, or a corral plan with
cutting and loading chutes for handling 50 or
more beef cows and their calves at one time.
- Submit a sketch showing the principal wholesale
and retail cuts of beef. Tell about USDA dual
grading system of beef. Tell about the grades
in each system.
Hog Option
- Visit a farm where hog production is a major
project, or visit a packing plant or stockyard
handling hogs. Describe your visit.
- Outline in writing the proper feeding from the
breeding or gilt or sow through the weaning of
the litter. Discuss the growth and finishing
periods.
- Make a sketch showing the principal wholesale
and retail cuts of pork. Tell about the
recommended USDA grades of pork. Tell the basis
for each grade.
Horse Option
- Make a sketch of a useful saddle horse barn and
exercise yard.
- Tell the history of the horse and the benefits
it has brought to man.
- Tell about the following terms: mustangs,
quarterhorse, pinto, draft, gelding, calico,
palomino, pacer, trotter, filly, mare,
stallion, colt, and foal.
- Visit a horse farm. Describe your visit.
Poultry Option
- Keep management records on a brood of 20 chicks
(sexed or straight run) for five months. Record
feed consumption, medication, mortality, and
vaccination. Present the records for review.
- Do ONE of the following:
- Manage an egg-production flock for five
months. Keep records of feed purchased,
eggs sold, and mortality. Present records
for review. Tell about the grading of eggs.
- Raise 20 chicks, poults, or ducklings.
Keep records of feed intake and weight
gains. Present records for review. Kill
and dress two birds. Tell about the
grades of poultry.
Sheep Option
- Make a sketch of a live lamb. Show the location
of the various wholesale and retail cuts.
- Make an exhibit and explain four blood grades
(American) of wool. Tell how wool is processed
from shearing to the finished product.
- Visit a farm or ranch where sheep are raised.
Tell about your visit, including the feeding
program used.
- Describe some differences between the
production of native and range lambs.