answersLogoWhite

0

🧪

Farm Animals

Life on the farm is not laid back with all those animals to take care of. Got a farm animal question? Put it here and a farmer just might take a minute and plow out an answer for you.

1,928 Questions

Which class of animal has it baby by egg?

There are many animals that lay eggs. Mammals do not. Here is a list of a few:

Birds and Reptiles are the main animals known to lay eggs.

The Platypus, even though it's a mammal, does infact lay eggs.

Those are the main groups that I know of.

What does Bohr's model of the atom resemble the most?

Bohr's model of the atom resembles the solar system the most, as it depicts electrons orbiting the nucleus in fixed, circular paths like planets orbiting the sun. This model helped explain the stability of atoms by proposing that electrons exist in quantized energy levels.

Which body of water is more sensitive to the effects of fertilizer runoff?

Freshwater bodies like lakes and streams are generally more sensitive to the effects of fertilizer runoff compared to saltwater bodies like oceans. This is because freshwater ecosystems have lower buffering capacity and can be more easily disrupted by excess nutrients, leading to issues like algal blooms and low oxygen levels.

What kinds of animals are bred for special purposes?

Some dog and cat breeds are specially bred to be hypoallergenic so that people with allergies can own pets. Also, dogs are bred to enhance certain behaviors.

Horses are also bred for strength and other qualities, depending on what they will be used for (racing, farming, etc.)

Dairy cows are bred for increased milk production. Turkeys are bred to be meaty. Although wild turkeys can fly, domesticated turkeys are so ehavy with meat that they cannot!

What shelter does the Indian Elephant Prefer in the wild?

Indian elephants in the wild prefer to seek shelter in dense forests or areas with thick vegetation. They may also take refuge under the shade of large trees or near water sources to keep cool and protect themselves from the sun. Additionally, some Indian elephants may dig trenches to create temporary shelters or rest under rocky overhangs.

What are polygentic traits?

Polygenic traits are those that are controlled by multiple genes, with each gene contributing a small amount to the phenotype. These traits often exhibit a continuous range of variation due to the additive effects of the multiple genes involved. Examples include height, skin color, and intelligence.

What are the advantages of being a tourist?

Due to tourism jobs are created directly and indirectly to tourism. Direct jobs such as running a hotel or cafe and indirect such as washing laundry for the hotel it were not for the tourists then these jobs would not be created. With more money the locals have more luxuries and a better quality of life.

Locals benefit from infractrusture improvement's, these happen due to money created by tourists. So facility such as health care and roads improve.

The tourists bring in business for the locals, many tourists like to buy souvenirs so locals have people to sell their goods to. By locals selling their goods and making money their quality of life is improved.

What is the average rats lung capacity?

The average rat's lung capacity is around 1-2 milliliters. Rats have the ability to take in and expel air quickly, which allows for efficient oxygen exchange in their small bodies.

What is the punnett square male bloodtype AB female BB?

# What are the possible blood types for the cross between the type B (BB or Bo?) male and AB female? # What are the possible blood types for the cross between the type B (BB or Bo?) male and AB female?

Why is the punnett square important?

The Punnett square is important because it provides a simple and visual way to predict the possible outcomes of a genetic cross between two individuals. It helps in understanding the probability of specific traits being passed on to offspring based on the parents' genotypes. This tool is widely used in genetics to study inheritance patterns and can help make informed breeding decisions in agriculture and animal husbandry.

What does opaque finish mean?

An opaque finish refers to a solid and non-transparent coating or layer that does not allow light to pass through it. This type of finish is commonly used in applications where privacy, light blocking or full coverage is desired.

How long do viruses to reproduce?

The time it takes for a virus to reproduce varies depending on the type of virus and conditions present. Some viruses, like the flu, can reproduce and spread quickly within a host, causing rapid onset of symptoms. Other viruses may have a slower replication rate.

Is salt opaque?

Nah I think it's transparent. Even slightly.

Is jelly opaque?

slightly. This answer is wrong. It is misleading, because Jell-o would be translucent. Something that is opaque does not allow any passage of light. Jell-o however allows some light to pass through it. So, the correct answer would be, NO.

What do the letters outside the punnett square stand for?

The letters on the outside of the Punnett square stand for the alleles of each parent. One parent's alleles are written across the top of the square, and the other parent's alleles are written along the left side of the square. The pairs of alleles inside the square represent all the possible genotypes for their offspring.

In what ways animals dependent on plants?

Plants are everything to sustainable animal life. A carnivore will eat other carnivores and herbivores, depending on the species. Everything from the thousands of different species' of insects and smaller animals are biologically and chemically designed to thrive on particular flora and fauna. The animals also gather oxygen from the plants. It's the food chain theory. Every type of living creature serves a purpose to a larger and more dominant creature in nature. Fortunately for homo sapiens, we have the most complex brain structure and have therefore evolved through thousands of years to become the predominant, reigning animal in the nature of planet Earth.

What ominvores are in the ocean?

Some examples of omnivores in the ocean include sea urchins, green sea turtles, and certain species of fish like triggerfish. These animals consume both plant matter and animal prey as part of their diet to sustain themselves in the marine environment.

Why do farmers produce new breeds of animals?

Most of the criteria that farmers select for in breeding stock is according to one of two things: what the market is looking for, or the qualities that make a particular breed or cultivar meet breed or cultivar standards be it for a breeding program that involves breeding livestock according to their heritage, or for the modern showring.

Starting with plants, the farmers themselves are not sole responsible for the breeding programs of plants. Crop specialists are trained to do this instead of the farmers. Crop specialists choose and select a plant or plants from a particular cultivar that does well in a particular climate, and cross-pollinate or breed that cultivar to another superior cultivar to obtain seeds that would grow well in the fields of the farmers that buy the resulting seed from the resulting cross. This example is especially associated with corn. Most corn plants that you see growing in the feilds are bred so that the seed that is sowed in the fields is not able to produce as good offspring as its parents where able to produce. Thus, all corn has to be harvested AND sold, and more seed bought from the seed supplier all over again. The corn sold is not grown in any fields, but used for food and other things. For crop specialists, they look for in corn is uniformity, high-yeilding plants, and ability to grow well in generally good soil with enough sunlight, warmth, and (hopefully) enough moisture. High yeilds is the primary goal when breeding different crops, from corn to wheat, barley, oats, soybeans, and other major crops.

Now animals are much more complicated, since we are dealing with several different species here. Selecting which stallions to breed which mares deals with a little more complexities than finding which beef bull to breed with your herd of beef cows. With horses, you are not breeding for meat, but more for recreational purposes such as rodeo, show-jumping, racing, working cattle, or draft work. Breeding for racing means selecting for different qualities such as speed, a "hot" temperament, and specific muscling characteristics that enable the offspring of a winning stallion to be faster. Breeding for trail-riding or cowpunching or drafting requires totally different selection of genetics or characteristics than selecting for racing horses or broncs. But since we are dealing with farmers here, lets stick with the four common type of animals that are found on farms: beef cattle, dairy cattle, pigs, and poultry.

With pigs or hogs, whatever you want to call them, farmers select for faster growth, better muscling, and more leanness. Farmers select these traits in their pigs because the market, hence the consumers, demand this kind of pork. No consumer wants to eat a piece of bacon or ham that is just dripping with fat, or where they have to cut off all that fat off; nor do any of the meat plant employees want to have to cut off an excess of 3" of fat off a single pig. That's just wrong! So breeding has evolved from an overly fat pig in the '50's that could hardly walk, to what I like to call "gutless wonders" where there seems to be a big air space underneath those four tippy-toes. So, for breeding sows and boars, both must have some form of those three important traits above to produce offspring that meet the market requirements.

For poultry, the same things apply with hogs. Turkeys and broiler chickens have become so large that by the time they are ready for slaughter the meat on their breasts impedes any sort of movement. But the market calls for leanness, faster growth, and good muscling, and that's what the farmers supply. However, breeding broilers and turkeys are like what the crop specialists have been doing when breeding corn: breed one type of rooster to another type of hen to obtain offspring superior to them but is only "designed" for consumption, and only consumption. Broilers are able to breed naturally, only the roosters have been selected so far that they are now overly aggressive with the hens, and instead of being nice like the heritage-type roosters that the Cornish breed originally was derived from, they are nasty and rape the hens instead. But that's what happens when artificial selection is played around with. Turkeys, on the other hand, are so big that they cannot breed naturally and must be artificially inseminated (AI): semen is taken from the male, and inserted into the hen.

Dairy and beef cattle have been separated genetically for generations to serve two different purposes: milk and meat. Dairy cattle, or cows are bred to produce a calf which allows them to produce milk. Dairy cows are selected for good milk production, docility, femininity, and fertility. Feminine, fertile cows produce good calves and subsequently good milk. Mothering ability is not selected for since the calves are taken away a day or two after they are born and bottle-fed. Fertility has more to do with what condition the cows are in than genetics, but genetics do play a significant role too. Milking ability is the most important quality as well as docility, since the more milk a cow can give, the better. Subsequently dairy bulls are also selected for the same qualities, although docility in a dairy bull is more hard to come by because of their heightened ability to be more aggressive. Dairy bulls, as a result of selecting for more femininity in the cows and heifers, have become more masculine and thus way more aggressive than beef bulls. This is why a lot of bull calves born are castrated and sent to market either as veal, or grown as feeder steers. Few bulls make it to maturity to have their semen used to breed other dairy cows, since natural breeding in dairy operations is not recommended due to the intensified danger these bulls possess. Dairy cattle are able to breed naturally, for sure, but it's more for the safety of the farmer that dairy bulls are not used on their cows and AI is instead.

Beef cattle are bred for: beef. Now there are two types of breeding operations: seedstock or purebred and commercial. Purebred operations breed for bulls that are to be used in commercial operations to sire calves that meet market specifications: good meat quality, uniformity, and good gaining ability. Purebred operations select for many different characteristics according to the management they are under, unlike the three types of livestock operations above. For their cows, they are looking for: mothering ability, calving ease, fertility, milking ability, docility, forage convertability, freedom from genetic defects, calf hardiness, longevity in the cow, femininity, good conformation, and other things that are typical of the breed, be it Angus, Hereford, Simmental, Shorthorn, Charolais, etc. For bulls, seedstock producers are really picky. They often look for: docility, fertility, good conformation, forage convertability, hardiness under minimal management, calving ease, good scrotal circumference, masculinity, freedom from genetic defects, ribeye area, good carcass characteristics, etc. These traits, both on the sire and dam's side are what commercial producers look for when finding bulls and heifers/cows for their ranch. Producers like to buy bulls that won't "melt" under more rougher conditions than they were "tested" in; in other words, bulls won't wear out and not breed cows under rougher conditions than they were in in a bull testing facility involving bulls being fattened on grain and pampered lots. The breeds of their cows doesn't matter, because hybrid vigour which I touched on a couple times previously in corn and broiler chickens is what makes great calves for the feedlot, and what the markets like to call for. Cows can be one breed or a whole mix, so long as they do well in a ranch environment and don't cull themselves out too quickly.

Basically, when selecting breeding animals for the show-ring or for heritage breeds, producers need to select animals that met those characteristics typical of that breed historically. For the show-ring, the most important winning characteristics are all what I mentioned for the purebred producer selecting for for cattle; characteristics may be a bit different for different livestock of course.

Can viruses reproduce by themselves?

No. Viruses must invade a host cell and hijack its resources to replicate itself.

List carnivorous animals?

tiger, cheetah, panther, lion, snake, crocodile, hawk, fox, wolf, eagle, jaguar, leopard, shark, toothed whale, octopus, squid, spider, scorpion, arachnid, mantid, giant water bug, cnidarian, hyena, etc.

What are the introduction of poultry diseases?

Poultry disease can be introduced several ways.

Animal to animal vectors, airborne, Human to animal transfer, and introduced via feed and water.

Most large Poultry operations enforce Bio security measures to reduce this problem.

What is Vietnam fauna?

Vietnam is a tropical country, so the fauna would comprise of animals, like tapir, the leopard, Asian elephant and several species of monkeys (to name a few) that thrive in a tropical environment.

What is the name of the animal with three stomachs?

Animals with multiple stomachs are known as ruminants. Examples of these are cattle, sheep and goats. They do not actually have multiple stomachs, but stomachs which have a number of 'compartments'. The examples given above are characterised by having four distinct sections to their stomachs, although camelids (camels, llamas, alpacas, vicunas) have a slightly different arangement and are sometimes described as having three stomachs.

What is the meaning of litter bearing?

Litter bearing is a term commonly used in the military where the troops carry other troops in and out of the Triage site. Usually consists of 2 or 4 man carries and one stretcher.