Cattle Breed types for interview

[Buckeye1206]

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Name 5 breeds of dairy, beef cattle and swine?

 

[cowgirla]

Name 5 breeds of dairy, beef cattle and swine?

Umm, Vietnamese Pot Belly, Berkshire, Hampshire, Chester White, Duroc

Moo moos-- don't know which type is which-- Jersey, Holstein, Angus, Highland, and Dutch Belted.

 

[HopefulAg]

Is that really a question? I've no earthly idea except for cattle.


Cattle (dairy): Holstein, Jersey; no idea past that.
Cattle (Beef): Brahmin, Longhorn, Angus, Brangus, Beefmaster

Pigs: Curly tail, straight tail, crooked tail, Wilber, Babe

 

[Buckeye1206]

OSU asks that very frequently.

Also, diseases pigs are vaccinated for? Any ideas on that

 

[HopefulAg]

Guess I need to start studying breeds then.


As far as vaccinations, Foot and Mouth and Swine Influenza are the only two I can think of off the top.

 

[cowgirla]

Pigs: Curly tail, straight tail, crooked tail, Wilber, Babe

Also known as bacon, pork roast, sausage, ham steak, and proscuitto, right?

 

[DVMDream]

Is that really a question? I've no earthly idea except for cattle.


Cattle (dairy): Holstein, Jersey; no idea past that.
Cattle (Beef): Brahmin, Longhorn, Angus, Brangus, Beefmaster

Pigs: Curly tail, straight tail, crooked tail, Wilber, Babe

You know more than I do. I may have to do some research on cattle/horses/pigs/etc since I have no LA experience and have not needed to know cattle breeds. Maybe they will realize in the interview to not ask me LA questions, because I have no experience with them.

 

[HopefulAg]

Also known as bacon, pork roast, sausage, ham steak, and proscuitto, right?

Now I'm hungry.

You know more than I do. I may have to do some research on cattle/horses/pigs/etc since I have no LA experience and have not needed to know cattle breeds. Maybe they will realize in the interview to not ask me LA questions, because I have no experience with them.

As a result of this thread I've been flexing my google and found this:
http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/swine/

Has horses, cattle (doesn't differentiate betwixt usage though), swine, sheep, etc.

 

[cowgirla]

OSU asks that very frequently.

Also, diseases pigs are vaccinated for? Any ideas on that

OSU, Ohio?

Vaccines: Bordatella, Pasturella, Erypiselas (sp?), Toxoplasmosis, E.Coli, Salmonella, Pneumonia, Clostridium, Tetanus, and I'm sure there's more

ETA: I think Leptospirosis vaccines are now labeled for pigs as well.

 

[IHeartGoldens]

Ruh roh. I suppose some studying is in order.

 

[HopefulAg]

I suppose Rabies for swine as well. Applicable to any mammal to my knowledge.

 

[cowgirla]

I suppose Rabies for swine as well. Applicable to any mammal to my knowledge.

Actually, as far as I know, there's no rabies vaccines labeled for porcine use. I'll have to do some research...

 

[HandD42]

Maybe I can ask to just answer equine - LA questions only, those breeds and vaccs I have down pat. Swine and cattle I am in Trouble!

 

[cowgirla]

How about goats and sheep?

I know the goats, but not so sure if I know much about the sheepies

(PS...I like this thread. It's fun. Hence why I want to go into mixed practice!)

 

[HopefulAg]

No idea about sheep, and know only Angora for goats.

For some reason I keep thinking there's a Yorkshire sheep though.

 

[dyachei]

for your breed knowing pleasure:
http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/

It should have what the breeds are known for, too. Our school did not ask this in interviews as far as I know (UTK), but we did have to know it for a class in our first year called physical diagnosis.

 

[HopefulAg]

Well while we're at it, A&M doesn't ask this question or anything like it either. Which is good because I went through as Biomedical Science, not Animal Science, and the last time I had anything about breeds was my Freshman year.

 

[PicklePie]

Dang, I don't know pigs worth anything. I know goats though!

Dairy- holstein, jersey, brown swiss, guernsey, dexter (sort of)
Cattle- hereford, angus, charolais, limousin, uh red angus?
Goats- sannan, olberhasli, toggenburg, la mancha, nubian, boer, alpine
Sheep- dorset, cotswold, romney, suffolk, hampshire, shetland, jacob, etc

 

[rugbychick16]

Cowgirl and HopefulAg, I could tell exactly what part of the country you were from without looking at your locations by the cow breeds you answered-typical Dairy/New England type breeds, and common Texas breeds. It just made me laugh a little.



I studied the OKState website alot in undergrad for classes and animal science quadrathalon competition. Very, very useful and excellent site.

 

[cowgirla]

Goats- sannan, olberhasli, toggenburg, la mancha, nubian, boer, alpine

Dont forget the nigerian dwarf! Cutest goat ever!

 

[PicklePie]

Dont forget the nigerian dwarf! Cutest goat ever!

Of course! They are about a million times cuter than pygmies.

 

[bardsle1]

Someone was asked this question in a previous years interview:

How much alfalfa hay would you feed a producing dairy cow daily?


anyone have any idea on this one 🙂

 

[cowgirla]

Someone was asked this question in a previous years interview:

How much alfalfa hay would you feed a producing dairy cow daily?


anyone have any idea on this one 🙂

Umm... Educated guess would be about 30 pounds a day. I guess it changes depending on access to pasture, and what else the cow is being fed.

 

[HopefulAg]

Have no idea. My guess is 1% of body weight.

 

[PigsRock]

Name 5 breeds of dairy, beef cattle and swine?

Dairy: Jersey, Guernsey, Ayrshire, Milking Shorthorn, Holstein
Beef: Angus, Charolais, Simmental, Hereford, Gelbvieh
Swine: Hampshire, Yorkshire, Berkshire, Landrace, Duroc

A love a good quiz! How bout some weird ones? Scotch Highland Anyone?

 

[gilch]

Great, another thing to remember! I'm already worried that during the interview(s?) I won't say anything more understandable than "umm". Anybody know which schools ask these sort of questions?

 

[HopefulAg]

My new pig mnemonic is just all the 'shires'. Yorkshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, Coustershire, and then Duroc.

Bam! Educational and fun this thread is.

 

[david594]

I'm pretty sure they people who were asked to name breeds, were the ones that actually had experience with those species. If you listed working with a dairy vet, they very well might ask you to name off cow breeds. If you listed doing lots of small animal experience I would expect more like what do you vaccinate a dog for. Or whats in that "distemper" vaccine for dogs and cats.

 

[CatVet2Be]

Exactly. They just want to know that if you claim to have experience in a certain area that you can back that up by knowledge of it. I was asked about things that related to small animals and the only large animal thing they asked was whether I knew about the horse slaughter ban. I didn't, said I didn't know and that didn't count against me. It's better to say you don't know than to make something up, they don't expect you to already know everything before you get here.

 

[sumstorm]

LOL. don't forget that goats are divided into dairy, meat, fiber, and mixed use as well!

Goats and sheep are vaxed for clostridiums.

 

[ORvetgirl]

About the amount of hay fed to dairy cows:

As far as we've learned (but I am just finishing my first term), dairy cows are typically fed a total mixed ration which can include all sorts of stuff: forages, roughages, by-products, and concentrates. It really depends on the prices of various products. They aren't typically fed hay by itself.

 

[AUhopeful]

Gotta love the myotonic goats!! I'm going to have one one day😀. Brahman's are a good breed of cattle too (I just sold mine about 6 months ago).

 

[HopefulAg]

Or whats in that "distemper" vaccine for dogs and cats.

You talking about the combo shots? Like DHLP-PV?

LOL. don't forget that goats are divided into dairy, meat, fiber, and mixed use as well!

And the best usage ever, Pharm Goats! Milking spider silk and all that.

 

[gilch]

I'm pretty sure they people who were asked to name breeds, were the ones that actually had experience with those species. If you listed working with a dairy vet, they very well might ask you to name off cow breeds. If you listed doing lots of small animal experience I would expect more like what do you vaccinate a dog for. Or whats in that "distemper" vaccine for dogs and cats.

I'm sure that is true--but I do have experience with both LA (goats, sheep, beef cattle, swine, and horses) and SA. The problem is that I do NOT interview well and tend to freeze up. So this is yet another thing to worry about--not remembering simple stuff I know, like breeds. I don't know how I'll ever make it through interviews!

 

[aspiringDVM]

And the best usage ever, Pharm Goats! Milking spider silk and all that.

Wait, what??? 😕 Do elaborate, please!

 

[PicklePie]

Transgenic goats. They are oh so rad. They can stick in the code responsible for producing whatever protein they want, spider silk and such, and use the same promoter as mammary tissue. So when an order comes in for milk proteins, some silk is thrown in too.
Disclaimer: this explanation is terribly simplified and comes from a very sleepy person.

 

[aspiringDVM]

Holy crap, clearly my dairy-producing Nubians are totally outdated!

 

[Electrophile]

Guess I need to start studying breeds then.


As far as vaccinations, Foot and Mouth and Swine Influenza are the only two I can think of off the top.

Foot and mouth disease is NOT vaccinated for in the United States! They do this so any infected animals cannot shed without clinical signs, as a vaccinated animal would. They pretty much just destroy every animal with it and ring vaccinate what they can to slow the spread, then eventually slaughter every animal. Just FYI!