AY Honors/Livestock/Answer Key

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1. Distinguish between the draft horse and the light horse.

2. Identify from pictures or personal observation, and record the height, weight, color, and disposition of at least three of the following horses:

a. Percheron

b. Belgina

c. Clydesdale

d. Arabian

e. Shetland

3. List four physical characteristics of the mule.

Mules are almost always sterile. They are a cross between a male donkey and a female horse. The sterility is attributed to the different number of chromosomes the two species have: donkeys have 62 chromosomes, while horses have 64. Their offspring thus have 63 chromosomes which cannot evenly divide.
Mules are generally considered to be more intelligent than either horses or donkeys.
Its short thick head, long ears, thin limbs, small narrow hooves, short mane, absence of chestnuts (horny growths) inside the hocks, and tail hairless at the root, make the mule look like a donkey.
Its height and body, shape of neck and croup, uniformity of coat, and teeth, make it look like a horse.
The mule possesses the sobriety, patience, endurance and sure-footedness of the donkey, and the vigour, strength and courage of the horse.
Their hooves are harder than horses, and they show a natural resistance to disease and insects.
They are capable of striking out with any of their hooves in any direction.

4. Identify a burro from a picture or live. Give its size, color, and usefulness.

5. Identify from pictures or live animals four kinds of milk cattle and four kinds of beef cattle.

Milk Cattle

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Dairy cattle breeds

Beef Cattle

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Beef cattle breeds

6. Know the milk-producing qualities of the Jersey, Guernsey, and Holstein breeds.

7. What is the difference between the Angora and milch goats? Give the distinguishing colors of at least three different breeds of goats, such as Saanen, Toggenburg, Nubian, and British Alpine.

8. Identify from pictures or live sheep and note wool and meat production, size, markings, and general appearance of three breeds of sheep, such as Merino, Rambouillet, Shropshire, Hampshire, and Lincoln.

Merino

The merino is the most numerous breed of sheep in the world. It is a breed prized for its wool, although more recently the low price of wool has led to more of an emphasis on its meat. Super fine merinos are regarded as having the finest and softest wool of any sheep.

Rambouillet

Shropshire

Hampshire,

Lincoln

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