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Beef Production Terms & Facts

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Mature Female Cattle   Cow  
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Immature Female Cattle   Heifer  
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Male Cattle   Bull  
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Young cattle   Calf  
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Castrated Male Cattle   Steer  
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Male breeding Animal   Sire  
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Female Breeding Animal   Dam  
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Technical term for "Giving Birth"   Parturation  
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The phenomena associated with a crossbred offspring out performing the average of his purebred parents   Heterosis  
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Common term for Heterosis   Hybrid Vigor  
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Term for difficulty giving birth   Dystocia  
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The first chamber of the ruminant stomach   Rumen  
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The second Chamber of the ruminant stomach "Honeycomb"   Reticulum  
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The third chamber of the ruminant stomach   Omasum  
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The final chamber of the ruminant stomach   Abomasum  
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The food bolus that is regurgitated to be re-chewed by the animal   Cud  
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The first stage in the Beef Production cycle   Seed Stock Producer  
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The second step in the Beef production cycle- Produces calves   Cow-Calf Operation  
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The third stage in the Beef production cycle - Buys calves and puts them on seasonal rangeland   Stocker Operation  
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The fourth step in the Beef production chain - Animals feed a high concentrate diet   Feedlot  
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The final stage in Beef Production   Harvest  
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The first milk produced at parturation that is rich in antibodies.   Colostrum  
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The first sign of labor   mucous plug  
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Gestation period of cattle   283 days  
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Bos Indicus   Cattle form India  
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Bos Taurus   Cattle form Europe  
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British Breeds of cattle   Angus - Hereford - Shorthorn  
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The two types of Angus   Red & Black  
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The ability of an animal to find food in a harsh environment   Foragability  
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The instinct to raise a calf from birth to weaning successfully   Mothering Ability  
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Bull that is able to sire small calves.   Low Birth weight Bull  
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Cow that is superovulated to produce several embryos at one time.   Donor Cow  
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Cow that receives an embryo from a donor cow   Recipient Cow  
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The process of collecting live embryos from a Donor cow to be implanted in a recipient cow   Flushing  
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The process of removing livestock from range or pasture   Gathering  
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The act of vaccinating, branding, and castrating young calves.   Processing  
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A group of animals tha have certain traits in common.   Breed  
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Animals of known ancestry where all parents are of the same breed   Purebred  
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Mating animals of the same species but different purebreeds.   Crossbreeding  
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British breed known for having both Red & Black types and having excellent meat quality   Angus  
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British Breed that is known for having good conformation and may be roan in color.   Shorthorn  
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British Breed that may have pink eye issues but are great foragers.   Hereford  
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Genetically bred to not grow horns   Polled  
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Mechanical removal of horns or horn buds   Dehorning  
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Type of cattle that are known for tolerating hot and humid environments and calving ease from areas such as India.   Bos Indicus  
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Breeds of cattle that fall under the Bos Indicus type.   Zebu  
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Bos Taurus breeds of cattle not from England   Continental Breeds  
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Class of cattle that are uncommon to the United states that are usually used to increase the size of calves when bred with british breeds   Exotics  
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Large framed Italian Breed of cattle that was used for milk, meat nad as a draft animal. White with black skin.   Chianina  
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German breed whos name means, Yellow Cow   Gelbvieh  
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Extremely muscled breed that is so over muscled calves are usually born through cesarian section.   Belgian Blue  
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Large white french breed.   Charolais  
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A breed that was created by combining other purebreeds in a particular ratio to create a new one. Example: Brangus   Composite Breed  
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Composite breed of cattle that is from crossing Angus with a Brahman.   Brangus  
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3/8 Brahman & 5/8 Charolais   Charbray  
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3/8 Brahman & 5/8 Hereford   Braford  
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3/8 Bison & 5/8 Bovine   Beefalo  
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Most common ranching operation   Cow-Calf  
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The act of removing a calf from his dam when he is able to survive without milk   Weaning  
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Average harvest weight of a beef animal.   1200 pounds  
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Purebred system of collecting data on progeny performance.   EPDs  
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EPD stands for.   Expected Progeny Difference  
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Time when a female will breed with a male   Estrus  
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Common term for estrus   Heat  
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A cow's job is to produce.   Calves  
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A bull's job is to.   Breed cows  
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A calf that has become orphaned   Doggie  
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A calf that is bottlefed   Bummer  
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