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What is the primary purpose of livestock production?
What is the primary purpose of livestock production?
- To produce draught power
- To provide manure as fertilizer
- To produce wool and hair
- To convert energy in feed into products (correct)
What happens to milk production when an animal is outside its comfort zone?
What happens to milk production when an animal is outside its comfort zone?
- It decreases (correct)
- It remains the same
- It stops
- It increases
What is the thermoneutral zone (TNZ) of an animal?
What is the thermoneutral zone (TNZ) of an animal?
- The range of temperatures where an animal is stressed
- The range of temperatures where an animal must lose heat
- The range of temperatures without regulatory changes in metabolic heat production or evaporative heat loss (correct)
- The range of temperatures where an animal must generate heat
What happens to an animal's immunity when it is outside its comfort zone?
What happens to an animal's immunity when it is outside its comfort zone?
What is the lower critical temperature (LCT) of an animal?
What is the lower critical temperature (LCT) of an animal?
At what temperature range do laying birds produce more eggs?
At what temperature range do laying birds produce more eggs?
What is the consequence of an organism's thermal tolerance being exceeded?
What is the consequence of an organism's thermal tolerance being exceeded?
What is the term for the transfer of thermal energy associated with a change in temperature?
What is the term for the transfer of thermal energy associated with a change in temperature?
What is the result of the hypothalamo-pituitary adrenal axis activation?
What is the result of the hypothalamo-pituitary adrenal axis activation?
What is the term for the transfer of heat from an object to the environment through radiation?
What is the term for the transfer of heat from an object to the environment through radiation?
What is the consequence of glucocorticosteroids over weeks or longer?
What is the consequence of glucocorticosteroids over weeks or longer?
What is the term for the lower lethal temperature, below which an organism dies?
What is the term for the lower lethal temperature, below which an organism dies?
