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ANSC Exam 2 Questions and Answers: Animal Science Concepts and Terminology, Exams of Agricultural engineering

A comprehensive list of questions and answers covering key concepts and terminology in animal science. It covers topics such as animal digestion, reproduction, domestication, and common animal breeds. A valuable resource for students preparing for exams or seeking to deepen their understanding of animal science principles.

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ANSC Exam 2 Questions With 100%
Correct Answers 2025-2026 Latest
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Mastication - Correct Answer-process of chewing
Deglutition - Correct Answer-the act of swallowing
Eructation - Correct Answer-Belching
Removal of gas from the
stomach via the esophagus
Gestation - Correct Answer-The period when a female is
pregnant
Parturition - Correct Answer-the process of giving birth
Coprophagy - Correct Answer-Eating feces
Dystocia - Correct Answer-Difficult birth
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pg. 1 professoraxe

ANSC Exam 2 Questions With 100%

Correct Answers 202 5 - 2026 Latest

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Mastication - Correct Answer-process of chewing Deglutition - Correct Answer-the act of swallowing Eructation - Correct Answer-Belching Removal of gas from the stomach via the esophagus Gestation - Correct Answer-The period when a female is pregnant Parturition - Correct Answer-the process of giving birth Coprophagy - Correct Answer-Eating feces Dystocia - Correct Answer-Difficult birth

pg. 2 professoraxe Estrus - Correct Answer-Period when female is receptive to male Estrous cycle - Correct Answer-Time from one estrus to the next Flushing - Correct Answer-Feeding extra feed to stimulate estrus and ovulation Feed efficiency - Correct Answer-Product (gain, milk, eggs, etc) per unit of feed Pica - Correct Answer-A craving for unnatural feedstuffs Palpation - Correct Answer-Physically touching and examining with hands Prehension - Correct Answer-act of seizing and grasping Swine Digestive System - Correct Answer--Similar to human

  • Relatively small
  • Single compartment

pg. 4 professoraxe Non-Food Uses of Animals - Correct Answer--Companionship

  • Clothing
  • Medical
  • Fertilizer
  • Work
  • Entertainment Biotechnology - Correct Answer-the application to industry of advances made in the techniques and instruments from the biological sciences Animal Science - Correct Answer-A combination of disciples that together comprise the study of domestic animals Household % for Dogs - Correct Answer-36.5% Household % for Cats - Correct Answer-30.4% Household % for Birds - Correct Answer-3.1%

pg. 5 professoraxe Household % for Horses - Correct Answer-1.5% Global Pet Food Market Worth - Correct Answer-58.6 billion $ Domestic Animal - Correct Answer-Animal whose genetics is intentionally manipulated by humans Pet - Correct Answer-Animal kept for purposes other than utility (kept for its owner's pleasure) Companion Animals - Correct Answer-Animals to whom its owner has a strong emotional attachment and who has a strong emotional attachment to its owner Commensalism - Correct Answer-The relationship between two species in which one derives some benefits and the other is unaffected Mutualism (symbiosis) - Correct Answer-The relationship between two species where both benefit.

pg. 7 professoraxe are browsers 250 - 500 lbs Cria - Correct Answer-Term for baby South American Camelid Gestation Length of Camelids - Correct Answer- 335 - 350 days Term for Male Goat - Correct Answer-Buck Term for Female Goat - Correct Answer-Doe Term for Castrated Goat - Correct Answer-Wether Term for Young Goat - Correct Answer-Kid Project Goats - Correct Answer-Main purpose to produce show goats Outstanding male kids will be left intact... Commercial Goats - Correct Answer-Main goal is to produce meat kids for slaughter

pg. 8 professoraxe Purebred Goats - Correct Answer-Main goal to produce females and males for other producers Spanish (bush) Goat - Correct Answer-Mixed origin, all colors, sizes and shapes. Sometimes feral. Susceptible to being improved Nubian (Anglo-Nubian) - Correct Answer-All purpose/ mostly dairy English origin Big ears, any color Dairy Goat Breeds - Correct Answer-Alpines - Swiss Saanen - Swiss Toggenburg - Swiss La Mancha - American Boer Goat - Correct Answer-South African origin meet breed, excellent muscling Used to upgrade "bush" goats

pg. 10 professoraxe Hampshire Sheep - Correct Answer-Large frame sheep, black face sheep with no wool below eye, no wool below knee, moderate size ears, have wool cap Suffolk Sheep - Correct Answer-Large breed with no wool on head or legs, large ears, thin legs, black head/legs, Roman nose Shropshire sheep - Correct Answer-Mixture of breeds, wool cap and wool below eyes and sometimes extended onto cheek, wool on front and rear legs Southdown sheep - Correct Answer-Small ears, mousy color face, mousy brown colored lower legs, heavy wool on face, polled breed, except for nose. Katahdin sheep - Correct Answer-Small to medium frame, white in color, polled, hair instead of wool, high quality carcass Merino sheep - Correct Answer-Large frame, white fleece and face, lots of skin folds, horned, highest wool quality, fleece is very heavy, many other wool breeds developed using these

pg. 11 professoraxe Rambouillet sheep - Correct Answer-Moderate to large frame (taller than Merino), white fleece and face, horned, fleece extremely high quality, descendent of Merino genetics Meat Sheep - Correct Answer--Generally larger breeds, there are some smaller breed that are exceptions

  • Majority are black face sheep Later maturing
  • Generally, have poor wool quality Wool Sheep - Correct Answer-Generally large frame, white faced, fine wool, not high quality carcass quality Scrapie - Correct Answer-degenerative, slowly fatal disease in sheep spread by birth fluids Prion disease Common Characteristic of Domesticated Animals - Correct Answer--all are communal (except cats)
  • social, very strict hierarchy
  • possess some degree of neotany (juvenile state in adult)

pg. 13 professoraxe

  • Digestive physiology
  • Renal physiology
  • Exercise physiology Animal health - Correct Answer-The study and practice of maintaining animals as near to a constant state of health as possible Ethology - Correct Answer-study of animals in their natural surroundings Colostrum - Correct Answer-First milk Gives immunity to certain diseases Berserk Male Syndrome - Correct Answer-Male SAC's raises as orphans or with excessive handling by humans as babies Don't distinguish difference between humans and SAC's May attack other humans Pet Food Market Driven by - Correct Answer--increase in disposable income in families

pg. 14 professoraxe

  • changing lifestyles
  • growing trend in having pets Domestic Animal Characteristics - Correct Answer-- "R" selected
  • usually smaller
  • require more food
  • weaned younger
  • reach sexual maturity sooner
  • young are altricial (helpless) Wild Animal Characteristics - Correct Answer-- "K" selected
  • young precocial (take care of self quickly)
  • late maturing
  • live longer
  • generally larger
  • don't need as much food Domestication of Dog - Correct Answer-Critical period also called "sensitive period" : a small period of time when a very