GOAT GENETICS - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

1 / 15
About This Presentation
Title:

GOAT GENETICS

Description:

A 1/2 blood doe is mated to a full-blooded buck. What ... A kid that was not castrated until 6 months of age. B. D. C. A. NEXT. Which matures the quickest? ... – PowerPoint PPT presentation

Number of Views:128
Avg rating:3.0/5.0
Slides: 16
Provided by: warren105
Category:

less

Transcript and Presenter's Notes

Title: GOAT GENETICS


1
GOATGENETICS
NEXT
2
A record of a goats ancestors is known as a
___________. A. pedigree B. brand C.
genealogy D. history
A
B
C
D
NEXT
3
A 1/2 blood doe is mated to a full-blooded buck.
What percentage are the resulting kids?
  • A. 1/2
  • B. 3/4
  • C. 7/8
  • D. Purebred

A
B
C
D
NEXT
4
Goats will normally have ____ at birth.
  • A. Single
  • B. Twins
  • C. Triplets
  • D. Quadruplets

A
B
C
D
NEXT
5
Goats will typically have what degree of
intra-muscular fat?
  • A. Small
  • B. Modest
  • C. Abundant
  • D. none

A
B
C
D
NEXT
6
What is the normal dressing for goats?
  • A. 45-48
  • B. 52-54
  • C. 62-64
  • D. 72-74

A
B
C
D
NEXT
7
What is the process of goats depositing fat cover?
  • A. Front to Back
  • B. Bottom to Top
  • C. Inside out
  • D. Top down, Front to Back

A
B
C
D
NEXT
8
Goats kids grow at a rate of ____ per day.
  • A. 1/2 pound
  • B. 1 pound
  • C. 3 pounds
  • D. 5 pounds

A
B
C
D
NEXT
9
Goats are sometimes born with a genetic problem
referred to as monkey mouth which means ...
  • A. Bottom jaw is too short
  • B. The upper gum is too short and will not meet
    the pad on the lower jaw
  • C. The mouth is too small
  • D. The mouth is shaped in a fashion that will
    not allow the goat to make sounds

A
B
C
D
NEXT
10
Which traits are the highest in heritability or
the easiest to improve?
  • A. Reproductive
  • B. Milking
  • C. Growth
  • D. Carcass

A
B
C
D
NEXT
11
Crossbreeding gives the most advantage to _____
heritable traits.
  • A. High
  • B. Medium
  • C. Low
  • D. Average

A
B
C
D
NEXT
12
What does the term heterosis or hybrid vigor mean?
  • Increase in performance over average of parents
  • Increase in performance over the average of the
    rest of the kid crop from the same year
  • Decrease in performance from line breeding or
    inbreeding
  • Decrease in performance due to genetic flaws in
    the doe or buck.

A
B
C
D
NEXT
13
Why would a breeder incorporate a
line-breeding/inbreeding program?
  • To get genetic clones of the doe
  • To increase the concentration of strong traits of
    a certain sire or dam
  • To reduce the size of the kids so the producer
    doesnt have to feed them as much feed
  • To express mutant genes in the herd

A
B
C
D
NEXT
14
What is a chryptorchid kid?
  • A kid that only one or both testicles fail to
    descend into the scrotum
  • A kid that is born with one or fewer testicles
  • A buck kid that is ready to be used for breeding
  • A kid that was not castrated until 6 months of age

A
B
C
D
NEXT
15
Which matures the quickest?
  • A. Billie
  • B. Wethers
  • C. Does

A
B
C
MENU
Write a Comment
User Comments (0)
About PowerShow.com